Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Never give in. Never give up. Never go back.
Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 19 October 2016 |
| Genre | Action, Thriller, Crime |
| Director | Edward Zwick |
| Starring | Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders and Aldis Hodge |
| Runtime | 118 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 5.2/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 37% · Metacritic 47/100 · TMDB users 6.0/10 |
| Budget | $60 million |
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What kind of watch this is
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 action thriller where a man who left the military to live alone gets dragged back by a friend who is accused of being a spy. It runs 118 minutes. The hook is simple: Reacher does not care about the rules, only the truth. That makes it a straightforward watch for anyone who likes a protagonist that refuses to let go.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes holds it at 37% approval, a figure that suggests the film didn’t exactly charm its way into the charts. Metacritic lands on 47, which is polite enough to call it mixed. The consensus is blunt: monotonously formulaic. Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it a notable drop-off from the first film, noting the by-the-numbers plotting gives it a low-rent feel. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone argued Cruise finds the core of the character, doing the source material proud. The verdict is clear, even if the action wasn’t.
How it did with audiences
The film cost between $60 million and $96 million to make, a range that leaves accounting a bit fuzzy. It grossed $162 million worldwide, which clears the hurdle but doesn't exactly set the bank on fire. On TMDB, users rate it 6 out of 10, a score that suggests audiences watched, thought, and then moved on.
What came next for the cast
Tom Cruise was building toward Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible - Fallout. Aldis Hodge had a long gap between Die Hard: With a Vengeance and A Good Day to Die Hard, then landed Black Adam. Cobie Smulders moved from The Avengers to Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. The credits show what came next. They cannot say this film caused it.
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