Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
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A drifter and former soldier must team up with a framed Army officer to uncover a dark conspiracy involving a private military company.
The story
Four years after the events of the previous film, Jack Reacher, a drifter and former Major who commanded the US Army's 110th CID Military Police (MP), helps the current commander, Major Susan Turner, bust a corrupt Oklahoma Sheriff who is running a human trafficking ring on Army land. After Turner is accused of espionage and arrested, Reacher learns of a paternity suit filed against him. When a legal representative is murdered, Reacher and Turner are forced to go on the run together, eventually fleeing to New Orleans to find a key witness and uncover the truth behind the conspiracy.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Four years after the previous film, Jack Reacher assists Major Susan Turner in busting a human trafficking ring. Following Turner's arrest for espionage, Reacher learns of a paternity suit filed by Candice Dutton. After a legal contact is murdered by a mercenary known as 'The Hunter,' Reacher and Turner escape and flee to New Orleans to find Daniel Prudhomme, the only witness to the crimes. They discover Prudhomme is linked to Parasource, a private military company. They eventually intercept a shipment of weapons and confront the company's CEO, General James Harkness. It is revealed that Harkens framed Turner for the murder of two soldiers while she was investigating his illegal trade of weapons and opium. After a final confrontation where Reacher defeats The Hunter, Turner is reinstated. Reacher meets the girl from the paternity suit, Samantha, and learns she is not his daughter.
- First release year
- 2016
- Runtime (minutes)
- 118
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Edward Zwick
- Cast and characters
- Tom Cruise · Jack Reacher; Cobie Smulders · not specified; Aldis Hodge · not specified; Danika Yarosh · not specified; Jessica Stroup · not specified; Patrick Heusinger · not specified
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- Conspiracy; Betrayal; Justice
- Tone and mood
- Action-packed; Tense
- Setting
- Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Premise and plot tags
- Military; Investigation; Survival
- Source material / true-story basis
- 2013 novel by Lee Child
- Franchise connections
- Jack Reacher
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Cruise's performance and the action sequences but criticized the plot.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 37% · scale: percentage · review count: 244; Metacritic · score: 47 · scale: 100 · review count: 43; CinemaScore · score: B+ · scale: A+ to F
- Production trivia
- The film features a cameo by author Lee Child as a TSA agent.
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