In this PG-13 action-filled thriller, a sniper kills five people and escapes. Based on forensic evidence at the scene, police track down the shooter, arrest him and obtain a signed confession in record time. Problem is, he says "Get Jack Reacher" right after he signs his confession. No one has heard of the guy.
Let's take a look at this cast:
- Tom Cruise ("Mission Impossible") is our eponymous anti-hero, a loner, very smart, a man who is arrested only when he wants to be; but he's beginning to think this case looks a little too perfect.
- Rosamund Pike ("The Big Year") is a newly graduated attorney who has taken a hopeless case that appears to be open and shut. She just wants to keep him off Death Row.
- Richard Jenkins ("Liberal Arts") is the District Attorney whose daughter has taken this case over his objections; he intends to wrap it up right away.
- David Oyelowo ("The Help") is the Police Commissioner who is only too happy to close a case this quickly...and with incontrovertible evidence. (His name is pronounced "O-Yellow.")
- Alexia Fast ("Blackbird") is the sweetie sent to seduce our skeptical hero.
- Joseph Sikora ("Safe") is the trained military sniper accused of shooting five random victims.
- Lee Childs (Author) is the Desk Sergeant; a sharp-eyed JayFlix person spotted him making his debut cameo appearance.
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Here's what Lee Child has to say about Cruise playing Reacher:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3701057305/
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Here's what Lee Child has to say about Cruise playing Reacher:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3701057305/
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