As Good As It Gets

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The first Jack Reacher might have had more grey cells. The second one is fast paced and with a huge relief, no bad language and no inappropriate scenes An old school action movie with good casting. One might have had very high expectations since Edward Zwick being the Director and might have looked forward to something like The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond. Though it did not match up to that level, it was neither disappointing. I was very apprehensive to know Oliver Wood as Director of Photography. However, his camera work did not torture us like in Bourne series. Ravi charles

This has Tom Cruise in. So it gets some stars by default. But this film is so bad. Which is a pity because the first one was watchable. The story was written by a four year old who was adamant that you were going to know the plot. It is so clumsy and idiotic. If you are just coming out of a coma then this is for you. If you have trouble understanding stories then you will love this. If you enjoy highly predictable storylines and non-sensical decision making then... yes, you know what I am getting at. Not recommended.

When Jack Reacher learns that one of his former colleagues Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) has been arrested for espionage Reacher takes it upon himself to rescue Turner (despite her advising him against doing this). It turns out that there is a wider conspiracy involving a company called Para-Source and Reacher and Turner must get to the bottom of who Para-Source are and why they want Turner dead? Matters are further complicated when Reacher finds himself with some rather unexpected baggage...I enjoyed the first Jack Reacher film (in spite of the fact that it offered very little that I hadn't seen before). It was fast-paced, entertaining whilst also offering a fairly decent storyline. I really wanted to like the sequel, but just couldn't quite warm to it in the same way that I could with the first film...Part of the problem with this sequel lies with the story and no matter how much it tries it simply isn't as involving or engaging as it was in the first film. Despite the fact that this film runs slightly shorter than the original it actually felt much longer. The original film suffered slightly with poor character development and underdeveloped villains. This film has the same problems only they are worse in this sequel. Robert Knepper is on villain duties as normal, but he's only featured in a couple of scenes and isn't given the opportunity to make any real impression on the picture. The story is also a little weak and if I'm totally honest a little uninteresting. In this sequel, Reacher also discovers that he may have a daughter and finds himself having to protect the girl who he believes may be his daughter as well as exposing the truth about Para-Source. I presume that the potential 'daughter' may have been introduced to show a different side to Reacher and perhaps to give him a back story, but truth be told it didn't feel entirely necessary and in all honesty it's a strand of the story that I didn't much care for.Having said all that, the film isn't all bad and does still have some impressive action sequences and some of the chase scenes towards the end are moderately exciting and entertaining. However, as I've said the story is weak and uninvolving, the supporting cast don't make much of an impression leaving the action sequences being the only thing worth watching in this film.One other thing; how did the hit-man manage to get to New Orleans before Reacher and Co when they left for New Orleans before him? Unless Para-Source are sending their hit-men by private jet in order to carry out their hits? Yes it's sloppy, largely uninvolving and weak in comparison to the first film. However, when the focus is on the action then it rarely disappoints. It's not great, but it's just about watchable I suppose.

Tom Cruise at 5'10" is no Jack Reacher. The movie doesn't follow the book and it's all the worse for it. The worst part was at approx. the 30 min. mark. Reacher looses a one-on-one fight. Sorry, at 6'5" and 250 there is no way he ever lost a fight one-on-one since he was 6. That is straight from every book when Reacher gets into a fight. Dwayne Johnson is 6'5". I don't see him as Reacher (too pretty) but at least he is the right size.