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I realize I'm about a year late to this party, but when I fired up Amazon Prime today I noticed the movie is now included in Prime, free. I am an old Lee Child fan, having read most of his Reacher books at least 3 or 4 times. When seeing the casting of Tom Cruise, I thought "no way", but he carried it off very well. I think he took a little more beating in the movie than the book, but it was a good 2 hours, nonetheless. Very entertaining, even though it departed from the book's plot somewhat. Nice touch was the cameo appearance by Lee Child. I am ready to start The Midnight Line, which I picked up from the Library of Congress just yesterday. Have to finish my current Kindle book first. | ||
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I try hard not to bring Hollywood's politics into my entertainment. It's served me well. Both Reacher movies were very good. Nick "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." -Capt. Edward Smith | |||
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I thought the first one was fairly decent. The second one (also watched on Amazon prime) was an absolute stinker. _________________________ An unarmed man can only flee from evil and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it. - Col Jeff Cooper NRA Life Member Long Live the Super Thirty-Eight | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Never Go Back wasn't as well received here as the first one was. I thought it was okay. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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| Did you come from behind that rock, or from under it?  |
I've read most of the Reacher books and when the first movie was announced with Tom Cruise as Reacher I about choked. The books continually describe Reacher as a big, intimidating guy so the casting decision came across as WTF. I skipped it in the theaters and finally watched when it hit HBO. I was surprised that I liked it and beyond the physical size disconnect thought the movie was well done and entertaining. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back didn't have the same effect on me, it was lacking something and didn't hold my interest like the first movie. Not bad but kinda mediocre in comparison. For some strange reason I started associating the title "Never Go Back" with the "Never go full retard" quote from Tropic Thunder. In my warped brain the movie's title is now Jack Reacher: Never Go Full Retard.  "Every time you think you weaken the nation" Moe Howard | |||
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| Rail-less and Tail-less |
I thought it was literally one of the worst hunks of dog shit I have ever seen. Predictable garbage _______________________________________________ Use thumb-size bullets to create fist-size holes. | |||
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| california tumbles into the sea |
I wouldn't recommend the movie. The book is good. Just noticed the new Reacher novel (#22) The Midnight Line is out. | |||
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Drug Dealer |
Ray Stevenson (Titus Pullo from the Rome series) would have been the perfect choice for the Jack Reacher charater.  When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw | |||
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| Unapologetic Old School Curmudgeon  |
^^^^^^ YES YES YES Don't weep for the stupid, or you will be crying all day | |||
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First one is better. Second one is just okay but really enjoy the first. | |||
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I just watched the first (2012) movie. Incredibly, Amazon charges you for the older movie but gives you the new one for free. First movie was better. Reacher still gets beat a bit harder than he does in the books. It is closer to the book. Another great Lee Child cameo. | |||
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Ray Stevenson doesn't sell tickets. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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Sounds about right, the first one is worth paying for. That said, I finally saw the 2nd one this week since it was free. I went in expecting nothing due to it getting trashed here. Since I was expecting garbage, I thought it was decent. Had I gone into it blind expecting it to be as good as the 1st, I'd have been pissed. “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
I've read every Reacher novel (Sigforum instant karma got me started reading the series) and I've seen both movies. Movies were better than expected, but still had a hard time getting past Cruise's size. I watched the first one with my Dad and he didn't get the bad ass persona until I shared Reacher's real physical dimensions (6'5", 250 lbs, hands the size of dinner plates). Frankly, Cruise didn't sell many tickets in the two Reacher movies - $80M gross and $58M gross according to IMDB. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is certainly the right size for Reacher, and he has starred in several movies that grossed 2 to 4 times more than either Reacher movie. Chris Hemsworth is the also right size and he also has starred in several movies (e.g. the 2 Thor movies) that grossed 2 to 4 times more than either Reacher movie. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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