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My rating is really 3.5 stars...
Pros:
Story was entertaining, except the part where Jack deals with his antagonist, which seemed uncharacteristic with Jack character.
Liked the hints of romance that never bloomed, because not every story should lead straight to sex between main characters. Kudos to author, script writers and director.
Appreciated the acting quality of all the characters, both protagonists and antagonists. There were only two obvious places where acting skills and line delivery were soft (end of junky-interrogation scene & street conversation in New Orleans between antagonists was dubbed over).
The motel scene between main protaganists about parenthood and gender issues was intriguing (neither women nor men are more or less suited for parenthood).
Perhaps the paternity issue was not fully resolved, neither genetically nor metaphorically, although certainly a Storge bond was formed.
Cons:
Characterizes DoD contractors as money-grabbing, murderous, war-mongers...again. Seems like a tired-out story mechanism, although I do realize this IS a story about military-people (both present and former as protagonists and antagonists). Having the military itself be the antagonist would be equally trite/cliche'. How about a "few bad actors secretly" being the bad guys within either the DoD or support contractors rather than the organizations themselves? Ya, that's been overdone too.
There were some scene-to-scene transitions that lacked clarity/linearity as to how the characters got from there to here. Indeed, some books seem to suffer more than others during the transition from text to motion picture, in order to keep the time short for the film.
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back - Never Watch Again
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019
I'm a huge fan of Tom Cruise and will watch any film he's in. Some could argue that I'm an apologist and like anything with him in it, but I'm open to seeing fault in some of his films. Jack Reacher was a great character for him to portray, despite the well-chronicled physical differences, because it gives him yet another vehicle to be a bad ass in. I loved the original film even though it jumped into the Jack Reacher series midstream, and the sequel continues by doing the same. Never Go Back suffers from too many distractions to ever generate enough emotion behind its characters.Unfortunately, I feel like they chose the wrong book for this film because it introduces new characters and makes this feel too much like a cookie-cutter story. It supposedly is one of the most popular in the series but it must help to have all of the context built before it much like you would if reading the novel. However, a lot of the twists are predictable and even some of the lines involved with plot reveals are typical. For this, the film doesn't really stand out in doing anything that hasn't been done before. There are tons of action scenes, a few in New Orleans which are really well shot and presented in 4K. But the relationship between Jack Reacher and the girl they rescue from the movie's villain feels forced and off tone.I think Cobie Smulders is perhaps the best surprise with the film in playing the balance to Tom Cruise's action hero. The villain assassin of the movie is pretty good too. One of the other things I really appreciate about this release, and Tom Cruise movies in particular, is that the Special Features selection is really great. There's 5 or so features about various aspects of the film, all of which are presented mostly by Tom himself. Say what you will, but he knows what the movie fans love and seeing how he does all of his own stunts and everything else when Producer of the movie, it's no wonder he makes a good flick.It's not the strongest action movie, or Tom Cruise movie, but it's worth a rental or bargain deal. The 4K release does shine especially in a few of the scenes as mentioned above in New Orleans. The opening sequence is perhaps the best moment of the film, and was in the trailer if I'm not mistaken. Hopefully if they do another Jack Reacher film they can focus on what makes the character great, and that's his rogue lone-wolf attitude. Never Go Back is an okay film and that's okay, because Tom Cruise works hard to give us these blockbusters every year and sometimes they just don't click on all cylinders.Case came in great condition with a slipcover. 4K, Blu-ray, and digital copies all included in this release.
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019
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Never read the books. Never saw the first movie. Did not have any "expectations" per se. SPOILER ALERT!!!
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It's the weekend (for me, anyway). Now is the time to rent this movie, get some popcorn, get on the couch, and hit play.
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No even close to as good as the first. If this is the direction of the franchise, then there's nothing to look forward to in it.
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