Jack Reacher — 3/5
Finally, I watched the correct one. Go me. This movie contains a banger opening scene, and honestly, separately, one of my favorite silly fight scenes of all time, the latter of which is also emblematic of the problem with the rest of the movie. Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher is just Serious Man Smarter Than Everyone Else. And I don't know if I can put the troubles on Tom Cruise as much as how the character and movie is built. Robert Duvall comes in towards the end and gives this movie a spark, partly because of just who he is, and partly because he's someone who can take the big man down a peg. Humor, in this movie, is a shining light of hope, making the movie repeatedly watchable as any good TNT movie is, and which it is often trying to completely smother with seriousness. I think people now associate action and humor as "The Marvel Tone," but it's really just as simple as the template to 'Cheers' and most decent sitcoms: say something serious, and undercut it with a joke. It's a great formula. And it doesn't mean you can't be grave; it just means that when that when that formula goes missing, you take the serious parts more seriously. I think it's why Avengers: Endgame works so well for me? All the jokes from all those movies allowed you to let your guard down, and be hurt by it. Anyway, uhhh this movie needed more humor, ty. Props also to Rosamund Pike who brings some comedy to the role, I didn't expect it from her.
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