Jack Reacher equals Tom Cruise...

WTF???? He's about a foot short!!! Really, he can deliver on the actuon films, what was that Hitler film he did, but really? Hello Viggo Mortenson! Effyouceekay!!!!!

 

Yeah, I feel your pain. The Jack Reacher series is about a 6 foot 4 inch 250+ lb brute of an ex-military MP wandering around the country dispensing violence and justice. Not big on explosions or action. Just a methodical low key investigator. The ads are really misleading compared to the series.

I actually like Cruise in action flicks. But this is NOT the role for him based on the book's descriptions. Ugh.

 

One that I will probably see once Netflix gets it. Which should be in the year 2030. If you've never read any Reacher book thus might be good. If you've read even the first paragraph to any if them, well...I think we're all f$cked on what should've been a great movie series.

 

Y'all are wrong. Cruise is 6'4"... just ask his ego.....

 

I'm still pouting about this. I threw Viggo out there, but he's too good looking, and Alexander Skarsgard (sp?) Is tall enough but too young and good looking. I feel like I'm missing someone...who?

 

Playboy did an interview with the book's author the other month. Initially he was against Cruise, but once he met with him and saw that Cruise would get it made, he signed on. For what it's worth, the author really likes what they did with the movie. Guess I need to start reading the books.

 

The books are well worth the time. I enjoyed every one I read.

 

Yes yes yes Cruise delivers. Who should have played Reacher? Who did I miss?

 

He didn't do too bad as a badass in Collateral.

 

I liked the bus scene.

 

John Cena, The Rock , Is acting a prerequisite ?

 

When did they start putting words in nekkid wimmens magazines?

 

My wife and I both have read and enjoyed all the Reacher novels. When we saw the ad for the movie with Tom Cruise, we were both "WTF???"

Seriously, he is a puny little whiney-bot. How about a manly man in a manly-man role? Jack Reacher could wipe his ass with Chuck Norris and then throw Norris into a volcano.

 

Jeffery Dean Morgan?

 

From Wikipedia:

Reacher is 6' 5" tall (1.96m) with a 50-inch chest, and weighing between 210 and 250 pounds (100–115 kg). He has ice-blue eyes and dirty blond hair. He has very little body fat, and his muscular physique is completely natural (he reveals in Persuader, he has never been an exercise enthusiast). He is exceptionally strong but is not a good runner. [4] He has, however, a high stamina. Reacher's strength is combined with his savant intellect and military training, analyzing his environment and opponents at extremely high processing speeds.

Reacher has various scars, most notably a scar on his abdomen caused by a bombing in Lebanon. [5] He also has a 3–4 inch thin white scar that intersects his shrapnel scar that he received during a knife fight in Gone Tomorrow. Reacher mentions how the rough stitch work from his existing scar helped decrease the severity of his most recent attack. However, the cut did produce a deep, serious gash that led to Reacher passing out from blood loss. [6] He also has a scar on his chest from a .38 bullet, [7] a tear drop burn scar from close range gunshot that crossed his chest at point blank range, [8] and one on his arm where[9]

 

So...Dolph Lundgren from 20 years ago.

 

Did you miss the part about extremely high processing speeds? Me Dolph!!

 

Hate to break it to you, but old Dolph has a master's degree in Chemical Engineering and won a Fulbright scholarship to MIT.

 

TC, if you get this before Chuck finds you, it was nice knowing you. No one survives talking about the Chuck like that. I'm a little frightened just quoting it.