Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) by Paul B — 29 Dec 2016
If you thought the first Jack Reacher was run of the mill then this is more of the same but done even more tediously. Tom Cruise returns as the title character in a sequel that no one asked for and is a desperate attempt to make a franchise out of one of the most blandest action heroes ever.
In this instalment Jack is called back into action when a friend, Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) is framed for espionage but Susan wants Jack to stay away because she thinks that Jack has an estranged daughter who he hasn't paid maintenance for. Which sounds like story line from an episode of Jeremy Kyle. Anyway, Jack ignore her plea, people die, Tom Cruise runs, ya-da-ya-da-ya-ya, the end.
His supposed daughter, Samantha's (Danika Yarosh) only really purpose in the film is to get into trouble and alert the bad guys to Jack's presence.
The film is very cliched, there's a moment where a character is being taught how to do something and you know it's only being taught because it's going to be used at the end. Which it does.
It start off well but that's the part you've seen in the trailer, apart from that this was quite dull and there are parts of it that don't even make much sense. The action scenes are OK although these are few and far between. There's nothing really that memorable that happens in the film and you'd forgotten about it as soon as you leave the cinema,.
If you want to see what it's like to see Tom Cruise sleepwalk through a film for 2 hours then go and see Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
This review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) was written by Paul B on 29 Dec 2016.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has generally received mixed reviews.
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