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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016 118 min China, United States of America PG-13 16+
★5.7
Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime
Director: Edward Zwick
🎭 Based on
«Never Go Back»
byLee Child
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Description
Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.
Budget:
$60M
US Gross:
$58.7M
Worldwide:
$162.1M
Starring
Tom Cruise
Actor
Cobie Smulders
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Aldis Hodge
Actor
Awards
1 win total
Key opinion
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is generally viewed as a competent but formulaic action sequel that struggles to replicate the charm of its predecessor. While Tom Cruise's performance and the film's polished action sequences receive praise, the derivative plot and reliance on genre clichés draw significant criticism.
| Direction | The action choreography remains visually slick and physically engaging throughout the film. | |
| Acting | Tom Cruise delivers a consistent and reliable performance that anchors the film despite the aging of his character. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is widely criticized for relying on predictable genre tropes, plot holes, and formulaic developments. | |
| Theme | The addition of a daughter character creates a polarizing shift in tone, with some finding it a welcome source of emotional depth and others viewing it as an unnecessary, clunky narrative device. | |
| Originality | Opinions on the film's overall quality are divided, with some viewers appreciating it as a solid, entertaining thriller, while others dismiss it as a disappointing step down from the 2012 original. |