Movie Review: "Jack Reacher"

This movie is based on a series of books by British author Jim Grant that centers around Jack Reacher, a former US Army Military Police Major. Five people are apparently gunned down in public by a recently discharged Army sniper. The evidence is overwhelming. The local DA’s daughter acts as the suspect’s defense attorney. Jack Reacher, played by Tom Crews, is dispatched at the request of the suspect. The dialogue between the DA and Reacher is quick, intelligent and full of innuendo- not unlike an old Mickey Spillane Who Dunnit. The plot is fairly sophisticated. The fight scenes are of tolerable length. The car chase scene features Crews driving an old fashioned GTO muscle car that was reminiscent of Steve McQueen in Bullitt. If not for a few profanities, the movie could have earned a “G” rating.