Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Ex Major Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) stumbles into a government conspiracy when his replacement Major Turner (Cobie Smulders) is detained and imprisoned by the Military Police. Smelling trouble in the air it’s up to Reacher to set things straight and put an end to the corrupted black ops group behind a series of dark events at home and abroad. 
Directed by Edward Zwick and based on the book by Richard Wenk, this mind numbing military gumshoe loaded with horrid exposition has several hits in the action department but also many misses on its way to a strikeout at the home plate of quality cinema; gaping jumps in logic and ridiculous coincidence mixed with undercut empowered women in power top the list of faux pas this go round. On the positive, Cruise still manages to pull together a reasonable performance despite the material he’s working with, action choreography is something he still wears well, it’s too bad the rest of the film just can’t get past its clunky behavior. Pass. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is rated PG-13.