“Jack Reacher” is one of those murder mystery films with a look out how complex it is to catch a killer but what is also added is some tough guy material that usually appears in more brainless films and for me it evened out the pros and cons.

In “Jack Reacher”, a man is arrested for killing multiple people with a sniper. He’s told that he can either admit to the crimes and go to jail for life or he can be sentence to death. Instead of admitting to it, the alleged killer askes for Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise “Mission: Impossible”, “Risky Business”) by name. It’s now up to Jack Reacher, who has dropped off the grid for the last few years despite his record being clean, to solve the murder so that true justice is done.

Tom Cruise is alright as Jack Reacher but he lacks the ability to intimidate the bad guys and that’s why his attempts at being an action hero don’t really work, which makes him look quite amusing at times. The bad guys aren’t particularly memorable. The other characters aren’t all the great so this category proves to be so and so for this film.

I don’t know how or why “Jack Reacher” worked for me but it did. I liked the car chase despite bad editing, I liked the whole murder mystery thing despite having obvious parts to it, I liked the idea of the character Jack Reacher but was a little disappointed with the performance by Mr. Cruise and I liked using the brainless action vibe even though it distracted from the rest of the film’s more serious tone. If you like the murder mystery genre and you don’t mind seeing some tough guy antics that I think you’ll be happy with “Jack Reacher”.