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Jack Reacher

PG-13

Released Dec 21, 2012

2h 10m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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64%

Tomatometer

185 Reviews

67%

Audience Score

100,000+ Ratings

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack; all evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody; Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney.. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears.

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Critics Consensus

Jack Reacher is an above-average crime thriller with a smoothly charismatic performance from Tom Cruise.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Casting Tom Cruise as the former military policeman Reacher is far-fetched to say the least. That said, this is enjoyably boisterous.

Feb 5, 2024

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

There is a dogged leanness to Reacher's pursuit that lifts his adventures from the generic rut ...

Jan 21, 2013

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

Ultimately, the film rises and falls on Cruise's aggressively magnetic performance.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 4, 2013

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jack Reacher entertains with a good bit of pulpy dramatic irony.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Other characters keep telling us how mysterious and dangerous Jack Reacher is, and yet Cruise’s appearance, clean-cut and trim, doesn’t fit the bill.

Rated: 2/4

Sep 20, 2022

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Im not sure what level of recommendation it is when you say a film was better than you thought it would be, but there it is.

Rated: 3/5

May 1, 2022

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Angelic L

Loved it!! Totally recommend it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Ant D

Not bad. Slower paced than Mission Impossible.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/24

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Michael B

Slam dunk! Who cares if it doesn't follow the books or whatever. Solid intelligent plot and action sequences; kept me intrigued and on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Bravo 🙌🏻

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Luke W

Entertaining flick. Good murder mystery movie. Sprinkle in some international conspiracies that no TC movie is complete without. I loved the car chase with the Muscle car and Audi. That was bad ass.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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James S

Below 1 star, and I like action movies. Terrible dialogue and pacing, ridiculous story, and the "chew off your fingers" part was enough for us to shut if off.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Allan T

Competent handling of the novels, despite Cruise lacking the hulking physicality of the written Reacher character.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/24

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Christopher McQuarrie

Director

Tom Cruise

Jack Reacher

Rosamund Pike

Helen Rodin

Robert Duvall

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Richard Jenkins

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Werner Herzog

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Synopsis

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack; all evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody; Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney.. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Producer: Jake Myers, Kevin J. Messick, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Ken Kamins, Paul Schwake
Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Tom Cruise, Mutual Film Company, Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Drug Material|Language|Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 31, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.6M
Runtime: 2h 10m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, SDDS, Dolby Digital, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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