Lucas Englert

Staff Writer

    Tom Cruise, in a action movie. Those few words are all most people need to hear to buy themselves a ticket to see his new film, Jack Reacher. To be honest I do not like action movies, but went to see the movie anyway and was quite surprised to see how into the movie I got.

    The movie begins in the heart of Pittsburgh, right across from PNC Park in a seemingly normal day. The viewers then see a mass murderer take the lives of five innocent citizens. Soon after the shooting, detectives come and find the DNA of the suspected killer. They find that man at his home and arrest him. But that’s to easy of a story-line to be in a movie right? Yes, as this guy pleads of his innocence and writes for the authorities to find a man named Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise). Is Jack the killer? Or does the suspect want Jack to help take down the bad guys? You’ll have to find out the rest for yourself.

    This is a very action packed film. It features many small battles and fights, with one big grand finale that will have you rooting hard for the protagonist in the film. There will be no dull moments that you find in the movie, as the acting is of high quality and the plot stays intensely at the climax for the majority of the movie. Jack Reacher is a must see in my opinion, though I’m not a professional movie rater I will give this one a five out of five stars, and say that this is one of my top five films I’ve ever watched.