Jason Statham's Next Movie Could Become The Franchise Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher Failed To Be

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Jason Statham's upcoming action thriller reunites him with The Beekeeper helmer David Ayer and could become the franchise that Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher failed to be. It's a productive time for Jason Statham action franchises. The Expendables 4 may have been a bomb, but Fast X and Meg 2: The Trench both hit big in 2023.

Jason Statham's Levon's Trade Could Succeed Where Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher Franchise Failed Levon's Trade is the 1970s-style thriller Cruise's Jack Reacher was aspiring to be Jack Reacher PG-13 Where to Watch *Availability in USAfter a mass shooting takes place, homicide investigator Jack Reacher digs into the case to hunt down the sniper who committed the heinous act. Jack Reacher stars Tom Cruise as the titular character and was directed by Christopher McQuarrie.

McQuarrie has since lamented that the Jack Reacher movies weren't R-rated, which is a direction he wanted to take the first sequel. He wanted the films to feel like the sort of gritty, R-rated thrillers from the 1970s that he grew up with. That obviously can't happen now, but Jason Statham's Levon's Trade could fill that niche. The Dixon novel is a dark tale where the titular former soldier is hired to find his boss' missing daughter and uncovers a criminal underworld.

Amazon's show has several advantages the Cruise films did not. The first movie needed a big name to draw in audiences, but Ritchson is just a better match for the main character as written. Reacher also has the time to properly explore the books it adapts too, instead of having to drop characters and subplots to meet a two-hour runtime.

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