Jack Reacher

Name: Jack Reacher
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: December 21, 2012
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog

2012

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 486 Ratings

See All

6.4

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.4	Your Score
6.4	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 486 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Jack Reacher

Now Playing: Jack Reacher

Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 2012 | PG-13

Starring: Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog

Summary: When five people are shot dead, a trained military sniper becomes the primary perp. The only chance he has to clear his name rests in the hands of one man: Jack Reacher. Based on the novel "One Shot" by Lee Child.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

The Playlist Drew Taylor

Dec 18, 2012

In terms of pure pop entertainment value, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more smartly constructed, beautifully shot, pulse-pounding movie this holiday season. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Dec 23, 2012

Werner Herzog, better known as one of the finest living directors, plays a bad guy with Teutonic relish. If he doesn't watch it, he'll have a whole other career for himself playing dead-eyed villains. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Jan 19, 2013

A trim thriller with an enviable lack of grandeur. [21 Jan. 2013, p.79]

Peter Debruge

Dec 10, 2012

Reacher is a brawny action figure whose exploits would have been a good fit for the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone back in the day, but feel less fun when delegated to a leading man like Tom Cruise. The star is too charismatic to play someone so cold-blooded, and his fans likely won't appreciate the stretch. Read full review

David Edelstein

Dec 23, 2012

The whole movie is like an NRA wet dream, with Robert Duvall as a crusty gun-range owner who pitches in to shoot bad guys. Jack Reacher already feels as if it belongs to another era. Read full review

Wesley Morris

Dec 20, 2012

This movie is the height of by-the-book dullness. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Dec 20, 2012

Jack Reacher, which Christopher McQuarrie directed from his adaptation of a Lee Child crime novel, is not just another dumb thriller. It's almost peerlessly self-important, weirdly incoherent and eerily smarmy. It's also mysteriously inept, considering that Tom Cruise plays the title role. Read full review

SEE ALL 36 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

Zilcell

Dec 23, 2012

"Jack Reacher" is awesome, much better than the overrated "Looper" that came out earlier this year. This action movie might not pile up a ton of action, but the action it does have is believable and exciting. Tom Cruise does yet another excellent performance. Its not the most"Jack Reacher" is awesome, much better than the overrated "Looper" that came out earlier this year. This action movie might not pile up a ton of action, but the action it does have is believable and exciting. Tom Cruise does yet another excellent performance. Its not the most thought-provoking mystery movie i've seen, but it is epic.… Expand

8 of 20 users found this helpful812

braderjay

Dec 25, 2012

Jack Richer for me is simple, violence, real army martial skil especially as a Military Police. Humor scripts, pure action without any sexual intercourse(maybe u guys hate it! but I prefer this kind of genre as action movie really no need any sex thingy included). Jack Richer showing thatJack Richer for me is simple, violence, real army martial skil especially as a Military Police. Humor scripts, pure action without any sexual intercourse(maybe u guys hate it! but I prefer this kind of genre as action movie really no need any sex thingy included). Jack Richer showing that Tom Cruise really still king of the action figure besides Dennis Craig in James Bond latest franchise. I really recommended friends n colleagues to watch Jack Richer. Even I heard some of the novel fans doubt Tom Cruise as he identified not as the real character in the novel but I believed he really scored there. No doubts about it! I really looking forward to buy this blu-ray movie as well.… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

NotoriousFraud

Jan 25, 2015

Tom Cruise takes the titular character created by Lee Child and brings him to the screen in an excellent way. 'Jack Reacher' is a smart action thriller that I highly recommend.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

anshiman

Jan 9, 2013

Despite its predictable premise, Jack Reacher is still that lovable vigilante that allows the film to be characteristically prismatic; all the stunning chase scenes, chemistry between Cruise and Pike, rapid pacing and the bad-ass main character combine to make a healthy action flick thatDespite its predictable premise, Jack Reacher is still that lovable vigilante that allows the film to be characteristically prismatic; all the stunning chase scenes, chemistry between Cruise and Pike, rapid pacing and the bad-ass main character combine to make a healthy action flick that succeeds in its purpose to thrill audiences.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

Thegodfatherson

May 19, 2013

Jack Reacher is not completely without its merits. Devout followers of Lee Child’s novels had trouble accepting Tom Cruise as the strapping, Viking-esque eponymous protagonist, but to reject Tommy Boy too early is a big mistake: for all the constantly-swirling controversy Cruise somehowJack Reacher is not completely without its merits. Devout followers of Lee Child’s novels had trouble accepting Tom Cruise as the strapping, Viking-esque eponymous protagonist, but to reject Tommy Boy too early is a big mistake: for all the constantly-swirling controversy Cruise somehow continues to keep simmering, he’s as able to both fill seats and entertain now as he ever has been. In fact, Cruise’s steely cool is perhaps Christopher McQuarrie’s film’s grandest asset. One can’t quite shake the fact, though, that there should be at the very least a bit more popcorn fun to Jack Reacher. McQuarrie has assembled a sensational cast Richard Jenkins, Robert Duvall, and even our favorite thickly-accented fusspot Werner Herzog appear here but after the gleeful advent of their mere presence wears off, there’s not all that much for them to do. Jack Reacher wants to be a new kind of Mission: Impossible where Bourne Supremacy-esque action replaces any deep need for well-rounded character, but McQuarrie and Cruise never fully get around to successfully making their case. This is easily-digestible Hollywood fare, to be sure, but there’s not quite enough meat on the bone here.… Expand

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

inaneswine

Nov 14, 2017

Jack Reacher arrives on screen equipped with bad dialogue, average acting, and fully loaded with clichés. It may offer the occasional clever plot twist, but it completely lacks character and story, and occasionally borders on the unintentionally comical.

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

dogboy

Aug 30, 2013

Worst casting of any movie ever. Lee Child is an absolute douche for allowing Tom Cruise to play the protagonist from his books. Could have made an excellent bunch of movies on his books but casting Cruise in this first movie has killed any chance of that happening.

0 of 3 users found this helpful03

SEE ALL 132 REVIEWS

32	#32 Most Discussed Movie of 2012
9	#9 Most Shared Movie of 2012