Action Hero MoviesTom’s age is showing in this movie, significantly beyond the last which was only 4 years prior. He’s moving a bit stiff, and looking a bit tubby and wrinkly. He even looks too anxious in the opening scene to really pull it off well. But he’s still a superstar and is working to a respectable script within a nice genre so we’ll give it a chance.
It’s not a bad movie in the end – it has a long interesting build up, then gets a bit tense and rough towards the end, and is never very complex in terms of plot & script richness or action diversity, but has just enough to entertain us on a similar level to the original. As such, I rate Jack Reacher 2 just about Bang Average, on a par with Jack Reacher 1.
The lead female this time is played by Cobie Smulders and she does a decent job. The baddies are also pretty good here, as are several other members of the supporting cast.