Jack Reacher at Greater Union, Macquarie Centre
January 6th, 2013 at 6:25 pm (Movies)
A potentially good action film, let down by a distasteful ending.
I have never had any interest in reading Lee Childs. However, from the trailer, Jack Reacher looked like it would be a slick, well made, action film.
And for the most part it was. The performances were generally good, the script had a good combination of humour and action, the unfolding of Jack’s character worked well, and I didn’t actually figure out who the villain was.
However, I was left rather uncomfortable by Jack’s almost execution-style killings towards the end. It felt unnecessary and rather distasteful.
Favourite moment
Helen: Would you please put your shirt on.
Bechdal test
Fail. There were two female characters – Helen and Sandy – but I don’t offhand recall a scene in which they were both present, let alone spoke to each other.
Stars
2