Cruise can still be counted on to frequently sprint on-camera, but here he comes across as a shadow of the star we've known him to be. The sequel looks almost grimy by comparison, relying overly on closeups of a star whose range of expressiveness has been limited to two signature moves: a meaningful jaw clench or a well-time narrowing of the eyes. Though framed in widescreen and lensed by Oliver Wood (DP on the first three Bourne movies), "Never Go Back" displays none of the style or audacity that lenser Caleb Deschanel brought to the earlier installment.
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Peter Debruge at Variety has some of the more negative comments, calling the movie a forgettable sequel unworthy of the big screen: Zwick barely manages to tickle our adrenaline, waiting till the climactic showdown amid a New Orleans Halloween parade to deliver a sequence that could legitimately register as memorable. Read a round-up of Jack Reacher Never Go Back reviews below.
But at the very least, Tom Cruise is still outstanding, and the action sounds like it's on solid ground as well. In addition, the sequel suffers from having a forgettable villain. In the first Jack Reacher Never Go Back reviews hitting the web today, it appears most of the blame is being put on director Edward Zwick ( The Last Samurai), who doesn't seem to understand what made the title character special. While the first Jack Reacher movie was a surprise throwback of an action movie with an old school tough guy hero in the lead, it sounds like the follow-up has lost some of the magic that made audiences like the cocky, no nonsense character so much the first time around. "Luckily, because Tom and I got along so well, I never felt like, 'My God, I have to walk around in my bra around Tom Cruise.This weekend brings Tom Cruise back to the big screen in action star mode again with Jack Reacher: Never Go Back hitting theaters. She swears filming it wasn't awkward at all.
It comes back to being equals and part of a unit." "It was like we were dudes in the locker room," says Smulders of her and Cruise taking their shirts off. "I know this is movies and Hollywood, but the whole sexual tension wouldn’t happen. We have other things on our minds."Ī scene that did make the movie involves Reacher and Turner disrobing in a motel after a brutal fight with the film's foes. "If we were comrades in combat together, and truly equals, there wouldn’t be flirtation," says Smulders. The two characters are soldiers and that hanky-panky doesn't happen in the foxhole. Smulders has her own theory as to why the lovin' was cut. "I have never done something like that before, but it's an interesting thought." He says he would consider adding the scene to the eventual Never Go Back DVD release.