Virag's Movie Reviews: Jack Reacher (2012)

Why exactly is Tom Cruise in movies?  Once he was a superstar, and I can't figure that one out either.  Top Gun?  Regardless, Jack Reacher has more awkward and poorly delivered comedy than even Tommy Wiseau could manage on his best day.  Rosamund Pike looks very plastic and tired in this flick; it would have been impossible to cast any known primate and find less chemistry with Cruise than Pike can scare up.  The great character actor Richard Jenkins looks bored and is completely wasted here, as is David Oyelowo.  The biggest problem with this film is certainly not that Cruise is much more Tyrion Lannister-sized than he is Jack Reacher-sized.  At least if Peter Dinklage had been cast as Reacher, he could have brought some actual skilled actin' to the extravaganza.  The filmmakers are very proud of the Tom Cruise-driven chase scene, but by that the time that pops up, any sentient viewer probably didn't care.