Jack Reacher (2013) Based on the book One Shot.
A former major in the United States Army Military Police Corps, Reacher roams the United States taking odd jobs and investigating suspicious and frequently dangerous situations.
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As an added bonus, the movie features Werner Freakin' Herzog as the big bad, a character who tries to force a man to bite off his own fingers. Just 2 Jack Reacher movies have been created: Jack Reacher (2013) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) It is unlikely there will be more because Lee Child is working on a Jack Reacher TV show instead. Jack Reacher is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels, novellas and short stories by British author Jim Grant under the pen name Lee Child. But nothing I've seen there matches the stripped-down charm of Christopher McQuarrie's "Jack Reacher" screenplay.
I've seen two episodes of the "Reacher" show so far, and I think it's fine. Cruise may not be a hulking bruiser, but he handles himself quite well as the ultra-smart, ultra-punchy ex-military cop Jack Reacher, who gets called in to investigate a mass shooting. And what it gives me is a tightly-paced, ultra-sturdy action pic.
I might feel different had I read the books. But I haven't. I can only go on what the movie gives me. But you know what? I will not stand for "Jack Reacher" slander. Is Cruise too small for the part? I mean. The next book in the series after Killing Floor is 1998’s Die Trying.Much has been made about the fact that the new Amazon series " Reacher" gets the character of Jack Reacher "right" by finally casting a really, really tall guy to play the role (that really tall guy being actor Alan Ritchson). Lee Child's character in his Jack Reacher novels is notoriously massive, which made the casting of somewhat diminutive Tom Cruise in the first "Jack Reacher" movie kind of funny. While it’s not clear yet what shape season 2 will take, we can expect another faithful novel adaptation. Shows including, The Boys, Jack Ryan, and Invincible have all done well, and all were renewed for future seasons. ( Wheel of Time appears to be Amazon’s recent gamble.) There’s reason enough to think that Amazon holds a large enough audience for adult action. Reacher couldn’t be in better hands.”įollowing the success of HBO’s Game of Thrones, networks and streaming services have all been traversing the adaptation trail, hoping to land a blockbuster success with a bounty of source material to help it along for several seasons. This is very exciting news, and I can’t wait to get started. So, I’m thrilled we’ll be working together again, for Season 2. On the second season, author Lee Child had this to say: “Partnering with Amazon Studios for season one of Reacher was a total delight – they had our backs every step of the way, and it really shows, in every line and every frame. Ritchson takes on the Reacher function a decade after Cruise performed the character within the 2012 film Jack Reacher.That adaptation upset many followers of the character created by writer Lee Little one, partially as a result of they didn’t assume the actor was tall sufficient to play a person described as being properly over 6 ft tall in Little one’s books.
Amazon said that the series was both one of its most watched ever-landing somewhere in the top five (of all time) for views over a 24-hour period-and also its most highly rated with viewers scoring it on average 4.7 out of 5 stars. Just three days after Amazon premiered the series, the company renewed Reacher for a second season.