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JimZipCode wrote:It's been on cable, I watched it all the way once and have seen bits of it a few different times.

I think it's excellent. Really well put-together. The sniper opening scenes are very well done; the movie is very well directed. Lots of well-executed bits; like a car chase in the middle of it, American muscle car vs Euro car like an Audi or Beamer or something. Having watched a whole lot of Top Gear, the cars performed in the chase a lot like Jeremy& Richard & James have told us they would – irrationally, I found that a really convincing piece, it sold me on the entire movie. :-) The ultraviolence was nice, esp a hilarious scene where two retards try to kill Cruise, but they get in each other's way. The little local chippie who tries to get Cruise beat up, that actess was good.

I know nothing about the Jack Reacher of the books, but Cruise was ok. It reads very 1970s to me, like a Mack Bolan book or a Chuck Norris movie, in modern dress and with Tom Cruise. Rosamund Pike is a typical Chuck Norris female: professional and smart and has nice clothes, but ultimately helpless and a hostage. But the way the movie is shot really highlights Pike's strengths.

I'd see another movie directed by this guy. Excellently done.