Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Rated PG-13
Starring Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh,
Directed by Edward Zwick
The Story:
Jack Reacher (Cruise) has been helping Major Turner (Smulders) on a recent investigation. He promises to stop by for dinner when he finds himself in DC. When he finally arrives, he learns that Turner is in jail for crimes Reacher believes she could not have committed. So he decides to get her out and uncover the truth for himself. However the bad guys may finally have the edge on Reacher, and a way to hurt him personally.
Game on.
In all honesty, I barely remember the first Jack Reacher movie.
I think at the end of the day, there were some stunts that were pretty good, but if memory serves, they seemed to make Cruise more of an 80s throwback action hero, but it was still watchable.
So nearly 5 years later, I approach the sequel with a shrug and a "we'll see" attitude.
I honestly had no problem with this movie.
It told the story it wanted to tell, kept me interested and entertained along the way.
The lethal game of cat and mouse moves across country as Reacher tries to stay one step ahead of those chasing him, while hunting down the people in charge so they can get their lives back.
I may have to go back and see if the first one still holds up, because this may be a case where the sequel outperforms the original.
And either way, I'll take this series over any of the Bourne films any day.
Final Grade: B-
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