Tom Cruise: 'Jack Reacher' Stockholm Premiere!

Movie looks fun.

Here are five reasons why Cruise is the right choice for Reacher.

1. When you need someone to do FAST, fun dialogue, Tom Cruise is the first call you make. The trailers may show some awesome fights, but in between the movie relies heavily on great banter that few others beside writer/director Chris McQuarrie could pull off.

2. From Pixar’s Rules for Storytelling – #16 “Stack the odds against [your main character.]” There’s one particularly great fist fight where we learn just how tough Jack Reacher is. When five guys jump a 6’5” brute, it’s easier to see how he might win. When they jump the short and slight Tom Cruise, the odds are stacked against him. It’s harder to believe he could win, and it would take a great filmmaker to pull it off convincingly. And they’ve done it.

3. Jack Reacher’s theme delves too deeply into what American freedom really is for one of the many foreign actors to play. Reacher offers a unique perspective on what it means to be free in our country. Free from the shackles most of us never see around our wrists and ankles. In Reacher’s mind, he’s the only person truly exercising his freedom. Having Russell Crowe or some other famous Australian or British actor would be like having a man play Aileen Wuornos in Monster.

4. High speed hyper-action. If you’ve seen even the lesser Mission Impossible movies, you know Tom Cruise has established himself as the white guy’s answer to Jackie Chan. He pulls off amazing stunts and unforgettable sequences in those movies. You’ll be telling all your friends about the bathtub fight in Jack Reacher. Other action stars could not have made this as much fun.

5. Having fun in the face of moral ambiguity, you need to be able to act to get to a subtle place of pleasure in vendetta without being sadistic. That does mean you need a real actor. Say what you will about Tom Cruise’s personal life, his trademark high intensity is known the world over for a reason. He always brings it.

After you weigh all these factors, it’s easy to see how Jack Reacher might have remained a book if anyone besides Tom Cruise wanted to be in it.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/20538/jack-reacher-movie-5-reasons-why-tom-cruise-was-the-perfect-choice-for-the-role

Greatest movie star ever and an icon.

He should work with Tom Hardy or Denzel Washington!

Sex appeal of Tom: Zero. He’s short, got a pudgy face… FIFTY YEARS OLD… and a Scientology weirdo! Yuck!

I was THERE and talk with him for few seconds!
He is JUST VERY VERY NICE PERSON WITH his fans and movie is great
Thank you Tom Cruise for your time with your fans!

Rosamund is simply stunning! I have to give Tom credit he looks great.

@5 Reasons Why:

How lame. Tom Cruise is no Jack Reacher. And the movie would have been even better with someone of an understanding of who and what Jack Reacher is. This is a movie that basically has taken the name Jack Reacher and made it into an a Tom Cruise action movie. The reason Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and many other well cast movies become great–is because Harry is Harry and not Daniel Radcliff. Frodo is Frodo and not Elijah Wood. Unfortunately just looking at the previews Jack Reacher is Tom Cruise. Instead of Tom Cruise becomes Jack Reacher. The movie will probably do very well, but it is no Jack Reacher movie. It is a Tom Cruise movie. And for Jack Reacher fans and fanatics that says it all.

@V: Hes the biggest movie star of the last 30 years and a legend go back to your 10/hr job loser!!!!!!!!!!!!

If a pictures says it all, I think Katie leaving him did the best thing for him. Actually looks a little humbled… Hopefully, he’s learned from it. I predict he’ll be married by end of next year. He’s starting to remind me of Richard Greer

say what you want about cruise, but it’s odd his wives can’t let go. he never throws out their names in interview to promote his career. especially this one…she’s got a great husband or let’s be honest a reformed druggie with a penchant for cheating. So she sees life with Tom was more exciting. the man never had control over her she was just ingrateful.

hey ho