Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Name: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: October 21, 2016
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Aldis Hodge, Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper, Tom Cruise

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 21, 2016 | PG-13

Starring: Aldis Hodge, Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper, Tom Cruise

Summary: Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit, is arrested for Treason, Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy involvingJack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns with his particular brand of justice in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), who heads Reacher’s old investigative unit, is arrested for Treason, Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy involving soldiers who are being killed.… Expand

Director: Edward Zwick

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 118 min

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Jamie Graham

Nov 2, 2016

With few words and the odd squint, Cruise hard boils all of his charisma into a clenched fist, but is more than happy to let a dynamic Smulders take the lead in many scenes. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Oct 20, 2016

This Reacher outing has its imperfections and its obstacles to overcome, but the strength of the character and the briskness of the action make it acceptable if you are in the mood. Read full review

John Anderson

Oct 20, 2016

It shouldn’t seem shocking, but the most interesting thing about this second Cruise-fired action film based on author Lee Child’s nomadic, ex-military hero is its action. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 19, 2016

It’s a pity that Jack Reacher: Never Go Back fails to support Cruise and his co-stars, all of whom are acting as if their lives depended on it. There’s a great movie buried somewhere in here—a strange but beguiling family comedy and a meditation on nature vs. nurture, with a bit of shooting and punching thrown in—but the filmmakers never figure out how to excavate it. Read full review

The Film Stage Daniel Schindel

Oct 19, 2016

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is harmlessly generic. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Oct 20, 2016

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the second movie that Tom Cruise has starred in as this title character. Let’s hope it’s the last. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Oct 19, 2016

Even as a star text, it’s shoddy. Read full review

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NavyBean

Nov 4, 2016

Jack Reacher around my thoughts.

Tom Cruise was my dream man when I was in high school and I saw him playing volleyball in his jeans and no shirt in "Top Gun." I asked my dad for the VHS for christmas and he looked at me a long time and said "Ain't you already seen it?" I said I didJack Reacher around my thoughts.

Tom Cruise was my dream man when I was in high school and I saw him playing volleyball in his jeans and no shirt in "Top Gun." I asked my dad for the VHS for christmas and he looked at me a long time and said "Ain't you already seen it?"

I said I did and he took a sip of his Schlitz can and asked cruelly, "Then why the he!!! would you pay money to see it again?"

He didn't understand. Never did. Still he's gone now and while I would struggle to say I miss him, I would say I wish we were closer when he was alive. He never came to terms with my lifestyle and I am sure he would be embarrassed that I make my living as a cage dancer in the Keys.

I know Tom is going to come to terms with who he is someday and when he does he will find himself a most welcome guest at Tommy's in Key West.… Expand

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Sosmooth1982

Dec 30, 2022

Good movie. Just like a normal type of Tom Cruise movie. Where he kicks lots of butte. In this one he's like a ghost. Trying to be like the bourne identity. Still a decent movie though.

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andre27

Feb 4, 2017

Bom filme, como eu gosto. Pura acção, adrenalina, espionagem e entretenimento. Tom Cruise neste tipo de filmes é top. É certo que o filme se parece com missão impossivel por vezes mas mesmo assim é um filme que prende ao ecrã os amantes de Tom e de acção.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Magic84

Dec 10, 2016

I generally like Tom Cruise, but this movie is very forgettable. It has a fugitive on the run three which I normally enjoy in movies or TV shows. Action sequences aren't as good as the first movie, and the side plot with the potential daughter was executed poorly. Very middle of the road film.

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AxeT

Oct 23, 2016

The first one of these was under-rated and a decent entry in this genre (8). This time, though it begins well, unfortunately it devolves into a highly formulaic trudge through which drags badly in the second half. Director Zwick on board this time for his family values touch wasn't a badThe first one of these was under-rated and a decent entry in this genre (8). This time, though it begins well, unfortunately it devolves into a highly formulaic trudge through which drags badly in the second half. Director Zwick on board this time for his family values touch wasn't a bad idea. The problem as much as anything is sheer over-saturation of drawn out formula plotting in all these efforts.

As far as Cruise, like always he's good and will almost pull you through the seen it all before proceedings here. And unlike the abominably bad "Jason Bourne" for example (which does not get nearly the wrath that worthless junk deserves), Cruise towers over Damon as a star and makes this kind of similar action fare with much hand to hand combat and typical over-the-top gunplay much more amusing and even sometimes funny compared to the one dimensional dour Bourne franchise. This movie is also crafted in classical Hollywood manner and therefore trounces that phony cheap handheld consumer level poorly shot documentary simulated rubbish posing as edgy state-of-the-art realism that the stupid filmmakers of the last Bourne so-called film erroneously believe to be engaging to an audience when if the audience and jackass critics were honest, they would clearly and emphatically label as pure s---. At least this movie doesn't annoy the s--- out of you.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Muskrat147

Oct 21, 2016

Extremely formulaic in its structure and storytelling, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is only mildly interesting when it comes to the action sequences, and even those scenes are poorly executed and somewhat boring.

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Steven1981

Mar 20, 2020

Jack Reacher was great the first viewing, looking at it now it's utter rubbish... Then Jack Reacher: Never Go Back or another name is Jack Reacher 2 if you want to be more precise came out.... Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 film directed by Edward Zwick and stars Tom Cruise yet againJack Reacher was great the first viewing, looking at it now it's utter rubbish... Then Jack Reacher: Never Go Back or another name is Jack Reacher 2 if you want to be more precise came out.... Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 film directed by Edward Zwick and stars Tom Cruise yet again as Jack Reacher. This was even worser than the original, the villains were horrible and not in a good way, they were just plain awful and crap and the action scenes were nothing special and Tom Cruise wasn't that impressive either and walking around with some female as a partner or something and I thought Reacher worked alone lol. I saw this in cinemas and the trailer looked good but upon viewing the full film I'll simply say it sucked. This was really a bad film!… Expand

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