Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name while on the run as a fugitive from the law.

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writers:

Richard Wenk (screenplay), Edward Zwick (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Jack Reacher
Cobie Smulders	...	Turner
Aldis Hodge	...	Espin
Danika Yarosh	...	Samantha
Patrick Heusinger	...	The Hunter
Holt McCallany	...	Col. Morgan
Robert Knepper	...	Gen. Harkness
Judd Lormand	...	Local Deputy
Christopher Berry	...	Onlooker at Diner
Hunter Burke	...	Onlooker at Diner
Jason Douglas	...	Sheriff
Lizeth Hutchings	...	Smuggled Woman
Marisela Zumbado	...	Smuggled Woman
Alexandra Lucchesi	...	Smuggled Woman
Madalyn Horcher	...	Sgt. Leach

Storyline

After accomplishing the assignment of dismantling a human trafficking organization, the former military and drifter Jack Reacher goes to Washington to invite his liaison, Major Susan Turner, to have dinner with him. However, he meets her substitute, Colonel Sam Morgan, who explains that Major Turner has been arrested and accused of espionage. Jack seeks out her veteran lawyer, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, who explains that Major Turner has also been accused of the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan. Further, he also tells Jack he is being sued, accused by a woman of being the father of her fifteen year-old daughter, Samantha. When Moorcroft is murdered, Jack is accused of being the killer and sent to a prison. He sees that Turner and he have been framed and also that Turner will be killed by two assassins. However, he rescues her and they flee. Soon, they realize that there is a conspiracy involving military people from the army and a government contractor that is a powerful arms dealer...

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | new orleans louisiana | literary adaptation | second part | restaurant kitchen | 

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Taglines:

Justice is Coming.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action, some bloody images, language and thematic elements

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on the eighteenth "Jack Reacher" series novel by source novelist Lee Child. "One Shot," the basis of the first film Jack Reacher (2012), is the ninth book, which means this movie is not necessarily a direct sequel in terms of the book series.

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Goofs

When Turner is teaching Samantha to disarm an assailant, she holds the gun left-handed even though she is right-handed. Not so coincidentally the Hunter does the same in the final fight scene.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Local Deputy: [moving through crowd of spectators] Pardon me. Excuse me. Step aside please.
[breaks through and sees battered men on the ground]
Local Deputy: Jesus Christ.
[on radio]
Local Deputy: Lee's Diner. I got four down. I need two EMS vehicles.

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Connections

Referenced in The Andrew Klavan Show: Trump Goes Left (2017)

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Soundtracks

She Thinks My Tractor is Sexy
Written by Jim Collins & Paul Overstreet
Performed by Kenny Chesney
Courtesy of Arista Nashville
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Never Go Forward.....

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back ought to be bi-lined "Never Go Forward".

This flick is firmly mired in 90's action "corniness". This seems to be a "old" "new" trend. Revisiting past formula's that worked once upon a time, with the hope they will work again, in the 21st century.

Fact is, viewers have, for the most part, become more sophisticated. For me, the new Jack Reacher is an anachronism. Its watchable but it comes across as dated, "silly" and utterly implausible, even by Hollywood standards.

Jack floats around like an avenging wraith, solving crimes for the military, whilst breezily moving in and out of military facilities, as if he has been given a lifetime pass to a weird, uptight, country club. Worse still, the antagonists come across as bumbling and inexplicably foolish. His success is never in doubt.

The result is a film that's "light weight" entertainment at best. Its not bad, as such, its just rather nondescript and not overly engaging. Five out of ten from me.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

China USA

Language:

English Ukrainian

Release Date:

21 October 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jack Reacher 2

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,872,490, 23 October 2016

Gross USA:

$58,697,076

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$162,146,076

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Dream Cars

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1