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S. army sniper James Barr, faced with the prospect of life in prison or even death row, jots down a mysterious note: ‘Get Jack Reacher’.Based on the incredible literary works of Lee Child, Jack Reacher finds its routes in the original 2005 novel One Shot (the tenth entry in Child’s sprawling series of books).

Written for the screen and directed by Christopher McQuarrie and produced by Tom Cruise, Don Granger, Paula Wagner and Gary Levinsohn, the film stars Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Robert Duvall. Jack Reacher opens with the murder of 5 innocent civilians in a seemingly unprovoked and random assault by a long-ranged lone gunman. I’ll wait for the reception to this series upon its release, before deciding whether to watch more episodes. com is an Introducer Appointed Representative of Pay4Later Limited, trading as Deko, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN 728646).For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. In a somewhat unsettling opening sequence that shows a lone gunman killing a handful of seemingly random people at a public park, the mystery is born and Reacher materialises to help the police sort things out.

Recaptured and reimagined in immersive cinematic lustre, the icon of Jack Reacher found box office success with a wide theatrical release in 2012. Okay, so it has to stretch it out to eight episodes, but then if it’s this slow in the telling, perhaps it should cut down to 5 or 6 episodes? Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall do their usual excellent work, though it is Werner Herzog as a wildly over-the-top villain who makes things positively gleeful in his few scenes. I know the Jack Reacher books are incredibly popular, but I’m not feeling that come across in this adaptation. One takes place in the close confines of a tiny hallway and bathroom where Reacher faces down a posse of thugs armed with guns and a baseball bat, besting them all in a flurry of acrobatic brutality.

The rest of the time in the first two episodes I’ve seen so far, he just stands there staring like a NPC (non-player character) from a videogame who hasn’t been given any lines to say for this scene, and is happy to just stare into the middle distance. Personalized advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. r r r r From The New York Times bestselling author Lee Child comes one of the most compelling heroes to step from novel to screen - ex-military investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise).

Though somewhat convoluted, the plot is well conceived and the large cast supports Cruise's commanding presence nicely. To redress the balance, our lead is now Alan Ritchson, who I don’t remember from anything else particularly, and nothing stands out for me on IMDB.We will introduce you exclusively to Newpay finance products provided by NewDay Limited under this Introducer Appointed Representative arrangement. Nevertheless, Reacher's goal is justice, and his investigative instincts tell him this new crime points in an entirely different direction. I know there’s numerous novels which have been released, but I prefer to wait for big or small-screen adaptations of novels. As for our hero who tries to act all ‘Miss Marple’ in his occasionally methodical pursuit of the truth, at one point, he goes to use a car with the full knowledge of the police, even though earlier on we were told they couldn’t find any records of him, including a driving licence, since he lives his life off-grid.