Invaderbank
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Brainsbell
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
Kien Navarro
Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
Darkside62
There's just not much good you can say about this movie. Dialogue is forced...action scenes pretty poor and a general waste of time. I like Tom Cruise but he looks and seems too old for this role. First Reacher was better for what that's worth.
Ed-Shullivan
I suggest Tom Snooze read his own movie title and "Never Go Back". How can anyone take a 140 pound five foot seven inch middle aged actor serious as a one man wrecking crew?Tom, I suggest you leave the action genre to guys like Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Dave Bautista, and even legitimate senior citizens like Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren who are more believable.Hey Tom, I got an idea for your comeback! Why don't you try and make a sequel to your now 35 year old 1983 film Risky Business and call the sequel "Old Time Rock and Roll". I am quite sure all your (now) loyal grandmother fans who watched you 35 years ago prance around in your underwear singing karaoke Bob Seger's Old Time Rock and Roll would get even a bigger laugh seeing you do that again than watching you pretend to be a middle aged badass action hero.I give this sequel a lowly 3 out of 10 rating and please Tom Snooooooze, "Never Go Back" to the action genre again.
travishankins
I will not accept TC as Reacher. He took WAY to much punishment and too long to dispatch bad guys. This should have been someone like THE ROCK, and someone who could flex something besides his cheeks. TC is now too old and too small for this part. 4 stars because of the skill of the ladies, not for Tommy.
Gavin Purtell
The second Jack Reacher film (based on Lee Child's 18th book, 'Never Go Back') is much the same as the first film - still not as good as the novel, but a serviceable action film nonetheless. I'm not sure why, if they're going to franchise the series, they don't go in chronological order? It takes most of the plot from the book: a Military Police Major, Turner (Smulders) is framed for espionage, so Reacher (Cruise) decides to exonerate her by finding/killing who has set her up.It's amazing Cruise doesn't appear to have aged at all in 4 years! People still hate that he's not the 6 foot-plus hulk from the books, but Cruise brings an intensity to the role, while not always being stony. The difference is that instead of being a loner, he's paired up with Turner and Samantha (Yarosh), so there's three of them on the run, making for a different dynamic that doesn't always work, especially since he's not the most paternal. Since it's a cruise film, there's plenty of running - see above - which even Smulders gets in on!It's certainly not bad - enough hand-to-hand fights and shoot-outs to tick the 'action' box, as well as a bit of a murder-mystery to be solved. The main issue is it's a little long and there's nothing unique in it - it's all pretty standard and unforgettable.
