But even Cruise can’t save Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Thanks mostly to Cruise’s involvement, the first Jack Reacher film, which came out in 2012, was serviceable - a 1970s throwback, enjoyable enough if action’s your thing. His famous smile and boyish charisma (coupled with the ability to convincingly kick butt onscreen) usually builds complexity into characters who are more or less action figures. He’s made a bunch, and a number of them are quite good: Top Gun, Edge of Tomorrow, Minority Report, and, of course, all five of the Mission: Impossible movies, with a sixth on the way.ĭozens of action movies have been made since the 1980s and ’90s, most of them deeply formulaic but Cruise is charming and charismatic, and his presence is often enough to elevate a film beyond the boilerplate. That makes sense, because Tom Cruise is really good at being in action films.
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