Don't like Tom Cruise. Never have, never will. However, over the years I've come to like some of his movies. To name 'em all, Mission Impossible 1 and 3, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Eyes Wide Shut, Minority Report, Collateral, Edge Of Tomorrow and Jack Reacher. The quality of these movies mustn't necessarily be attributed to Cruise, but mostly to the rest of the cast or to the person sitting in the director's chair.
The first Reacher was actually well made. It had some twists and some funny moments, which was great. This movie however, was kinda boring, too predictable and altogether disappointing. I know that it's difficult to follow up on a good first movie in a franchise, but it's definitely doable. One scene in particular bugged the hell out of me, when they're in the hotel and arguing about who's supposed to visit the soldier's wife and who's staying behind to watch the kid. Ridiculous. She would've most certainly died if it had happened the other way around. Hell, in the real world he would've died too.
Two roles that were terribly miscast in this are the female leads. The daughter was kinda fine, but Smulders was terrible for the part. According to the director's track record, this should've been way better. He has shown that he can make great movies (Blood Diamond). I know this movie's modelled after the book from the series, but they could've added stuff to make it funnier or maybe less predictable. 5.5/10
The first Reacher was actually well made. It had some twists and some funny moments, which was great. This movie however, was kinda boring, too predictable and altogether disappointing. I know that it's difficult to follow up on a good first movie in a franchise, but it's definitely doable. One scene in particular bugged the hell out of me, when they're in the hotel and arguing about who's supposed to visit the soldier's wife and who's staying behind to watch the kid. Ridiculous. She would've most certainly died if it had happened the other way around. Hell, in the real world he would've died too.
Two roles that were terribly miscast in this are the female leads. The daughter was kinda fine, but Smulders was terrible for the part. According to the director's track record, this should've been way better. He has shown that he can make great movies (Blood Diamond). I know this movie's modelled after the book from the series, but they could've added stuff to make it funnier or maybe less predictable. 5.5/10