We live in a world now where a Madea holiday mocie beat Tom Cruise at the box office. That tells you we are complete morons predicted by "Idiocracy."
But good for Tyler Perry. It also shows a fun nerdy Black man can succeed in this style comedy since the disenfranchised seem to like gangsta' shit. Or it tells me there are now even more immigrants here that just want a cross dressing laugh. Take that "Birth of a Nation."
This Jack Reacher movie sort of takes you back to his roots. He's on the road but he stumbled onto a personal matter that leads him back to his military background. He is set to meet a woman he only knew by emails. But discovers over the phone that she's even a woman. He, in essence is being "catfished" And fortunately it turns out to be Cobie Smulders whose character is named Major Susan Turner.
Turner has been arrested after Reacher has set up a date. To which he now investigates why.
This movie is a throwback to...sleuthing movies. None of it moves at music video speed. Nor does it have the gloss of the first one. It's actually an odd movie, in that with different hairstyles and lighting...it could be a 70's detective movie. It has one-liners and goons. People tail each other. There are mouthy and rugged women. There are blurred lines between good guys and bad. And as pne person pointed out...this is as Eastwood as Cruise is going to get. It's a perfect transition into these older roles. I sense Cruise will play a lawyer again...much like Paul Newman did in his later years. OR...a curmudgeony old guy. He obviously can do comedy. There is pretty good schtick in this movie.
But things move on for Reacher. He isn't a good guy. He does good things. He's a drifter without a war. And I appreciate that Rambo-ness of the movie. Just trying to figure out humanity and seeing glimpses of hope for us.
If you roll your eyes at patriotic movies or just think our country is a pile of shit...this movie 'aint for you. If you are a forgiving soul with hope in your eyes...well..I got a tiny bit misty at the end.
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