![]() Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Full Movie![]() Never Go Back (Jack Reacher #18) by Lee Child. I like the Jack Reacher books. I liked Never Go Back but this one didn't seem to have the entertainment quality. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick and written with Richard Wenk and Marshall Herskovitz. With Never Go Back, the Jack Reacher franchise is beginning to suggest NCIS remade on the big screen. Fil m; Musi c; T V; DV D; Game s; Blo g. A Madea Halloween' at box office. Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in the highly anticipated sequel JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK. When Army Major Susan Turner. ![]() Zwick excels at epic pageantry; his previous Cruise collaboration, . But the helmer has never made a flat- out action movie, and he turns out to be shockingly ill- suited for the sort of terse rough- and- tumble that a Jack Reacher outing demands. Christopher Mc. Quarrie, by contrast, managed to wring an impressive car chase, a high- caliber finale, and several other intense set pieces from his meager source material the first time around (his reward: directing Cruise in . Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders, terrific), who looks like a cross between . More surprising still, he discovers a surprising detail about his own past: Evidently, an ex- prostitute has filed a paternity claim against him, alleging he. And since we know so little about Reacher, there. ![]() Watch the movie trailer for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise! Jack Reacher is coming to theatres October 21, 2016. Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise. Amazon.com: Never Go Back (with bonus novella High Heat) (Jack Reacher, Book 18) eBook: Lee Child: Kindle Store. Author Lee Child's Official Website. JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK. Coming soon on October 21st! Visit our MOVIES page to watch two trailers, see photos. Never Go Back Begins Filming with Tom Cruise. 18th book in the bestselling Jack Reacher series, “Never Go Back. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back begins. Give him a child, however, and things could quickly devolve into the sort of manipulative melodrama that befell fellow tough guy Jack Bauer anytime his daughter Kim turned up on . Though framed in widescreen and lensed by Oliver Wood (DP on the first three Bourne movies), . The sequel looks almost grimy by comparison, relying overly on closeups of a star whose range of expressiveness has been limited to two signature moves: a meaningful jaw clench or a well- time narrowing of the eyes. Cruise can still be counted on to frequently sprint on- camera, but here he comes across as a shadow of the star we. From Bond to Bourne, such action heroes have become the clich. ![]() But Cruise, who always seems to be half- smiling in everything else he does, seems far too serious in the role, leaving room for the ladies, Smulders and Yarosh, to steal the show. Better to leave the ruthlessness to the villain, a mercenary hit man (Patrick Heusinger) hired by a corrupt military contractor. The whole mess began with the deaths of two soldiers under Turner. The fact that the scenes are set in three of the most tired action- movie venues imaginable . Even the New Orleans finale is technically a rehash of something James Bond went through in 1. Running time: 1. 18 MIN. Production. A Paramount Pictures release, of a Paramount Pictures, Skydance Prods. Producers: Cruise, Don Granger, Christopher Mc. Quarrie. Executive producers: Paula Wagner, Herb W. Gains, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg. Crew. Director: Edward Zwick. Screenplay: Richard Wenk, Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, based on the book . Camera (color): Oliver Wood. Editor: Billy Weber. With. Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt Mc. Callany, Robert Knepper. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2. Jack Reacher was never that terrific to begin with, but if any franchise could have been saved from a significant improvement, it was this one. The first film is a serviceable action/thriller that audiences ended up being pretty divided over, so I was actually looking forward to a continuation, possibly diving deeper into the life of Jack Reacher or giving him a more exciting mission. That being said, this film accomplishes none of the above and everything that was done so well in the original seems to be thrown to the sidelines. This film proves why there are so many unnecessary sequels made each year, but the most puzzling aspect is that Tom Cruise actually produced it. I was never really a big fan of the first and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back still disappointed me. Here is why I recommend staying away from this sequel. Although each action sequence built on the last, moving the picture forward in the best ways possible, it fell apart with its excessive run time, making audiences slightly bored. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back falls into this trap tenfold. Reacher as he is still on the run from the law and trying to clear his name, he teams up with Major Susan Turner, who had also been wrongly accused and thrown in prison. On top of that, Reacher finds out that he may have a daughter from the past that has just turned up. Paying an enormous amount of attention to the family aspect surrounding this film, it becomes slightly too melodramatic. Due to the fact that this aspect is brought to the forefront so often, the action is even more minimal than the first. Aside from the very end of the film, you have pretty much seen every other exciting moment already. Now, I do commend them for hiding certain aspects that they wanted to see secret until the films release, but it ended up using the best portions of the film to do that. This is a character study, disguised as an action/thriller, all while being a story about caring about family. It was a very odd change of pace that did not work for this film at all. I found myself scratching my head on multiple occasions, wondering if it was going to kick into gear, but it never does. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back threads in between too many side plots to really care about the main story. When the action scenes arose, I found myself wanting them to end, because their sole purpose seemed to be due to the fact that its genre is in the action/thriller category. From trying to be emotional, to trying to be a serviceable action film, to trying to do everything it can to keep this an ongoing franchise, this picture fails on almost every level. I did not buy the relationship between Cruise and his supposed daughter, but I did not care too much about that plot to begin with. In the end, bringing in a fresh director did not help, going for a different take on this character just did not fit the genre, and the action pieces are slim to none. Aside from the aforementioned chemistry between its two leads and a commendable visual style, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is one of the weaker films I have seen all year. That is saying a lot, coming from someone that did not expect it to be very impressive to begin with. In the end, I just cannot get myself to recommend this film, even to the fans of the original or the most generic of action junkies. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has nothing interesting or fun to offer. It is a pretty awful attempt at a sequel.
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