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[Pagusas]

he looks like a midget in that poster. I know in real life he is very short, but usually they do a great job of making him look more... normal.

 

[The Mana Legend]

Wow, they are really going to do the Taken phone scene?

Taken was the first movie to have a threatening phone scene?

 

[bro1]

Taken was the first movie to have a threatening phone scene?

No, but it's one of the first action films to have a meme come out of it. It's really a cliche at this point.

 

[adamsappel]

The best part was when he walked into the crowd and was one of the tallest people there!

 

[Rootbeer]

poster looks so weird... it's like his head is too big. probably PSed his head onto another body.

Not a Herzog production or this might actually be interesting.

 

[Salsa]

Jack Reacher has to be one of the most well known contemporary literary characters. To modern audiences John Carter is the guy from ER, if anything, and not the hero of a hundred year old series of scientifiction.

fair, but you could easily name it One Shot and it would get a similar reaction with a much better name

 

[dantevsninjas]

Even in Collateral?

I'd kind of forgotten about Collateral. That was definitely one of his better attempts, the closest Cruise has ever gotten to appearing intimidating.

 

[Kinyou]

This would be much better if Herzog actually directed the movie instead of acting in it.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

This looks like a trailer for one of the generic action movies that Evans' character would star in in Scott Pilgrim.

 

[Emwitus]

awesome!!!!

 

[Azure Dream]

"There's confusion everywhere, and a mess on the floor!"
"Yep, Jack Reacher's 'round."

 

[Dan]

So bizarre. They describe him as a military police investigator, but then act like and show him being some kind of badass secret agent. That seems particularly silly.

 

[anonymous_abc]

So bizarre. They describe him as a military police investigator, but then act like and show him being some kind of badass secret agent. That seems particularly silly.

well its explained in detail in the books, he was part of the 110th special MP unit, they are the "elite" MP unit and trained in pretty much everything. in order to be able to take on the best of the best in the US Army.

One shot is an awesome book, the first Lee Child I read, got me hooked after a few pages.

 

[nhlducks35]

Is it just me, or does his head look really big

 

[Brera]

Is this based on a comic or something?

Military Police? Who gives a shit.

 

[TheKaeptain]

This looks like a trailer for one of the generic action movies that Evans' character would star in in Scott Pilgrim.

So it looks like a modern day Tom Cruise movie?

 

[anonymous_abc]

Is this based on a comic or something?

Military Police? Who gives a shit.

a series of Books by lee child
16 so far

currently my favourite thriller series.

 

[Mrs. Manky]

I'm on the "Wow Tom Cruise's head looks too big for his body in that pic" bandwagon. Like one of the puppets in Team America.

 

[Expendable.]

Two TV Spots! Herzooooooog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UXwRZ0Lzzcs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=saHUpk4IvBw

 

[FStop7]

A trailer for this ran in front of Skyfall. IMO it didn't do the film any favors. It looks like Generic Rogue Cop Out for Justice Story #3843489.

 

[Beaulieu]

holy shit hes not beleivable at all in this kind of character.

 

[bud]

i was reading the december issue of empire, and there's this piece with herzog where it's mentioned he got shot during an interview with kermode! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRNM9cMBDk. what the hell.

 

[KissVibes]

This looks like if NCIS became an action film. In that it looks boring as shit.

Way of the Gun is still a good film, though.

he looks like a midget in that poster. I know in real life he is very short, but usually they do a great job of making him look more... normal.

Short people are just as normal you, Paul Bunyan.

 

[Expendable.]

i was reading the december issue of empire, and there's this piece with herzog where it's mentioned he got shot during an interview with kermode! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRNM9cMBDk. what the hell.

Herzog is the man. My friend in LA said he saw him go to an ATM and it was just the most surreal thing since it was so normal.

 

[thomaser]

There's something seriously wrong with that poster.

Why? It has both orange and blue. Isn't that enough?

 

[Metalmurphy]

Why? It has both orange and blue. Isn't that enough?

His head is huge.

 

[McLovin]

Something about him looks off. I mean in the trailer not the poster.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Just read the first Reacher novel on a whim after seeing the movie trailer and thinking the concept was cool. First book was fantastic. Read it in like 8 hours, quickest I've read a book ever. Only had a few issues with it.

Decided to buy One Shot next and read that since it's what the movie is based on.

 

[CorrisD]

My mother who really enjoys the series, to put it lightly, is pissed that Tom Cruise is portraying him in the film, lol, "to start with he is a midget, he is nearly a foot shorter than the Jack is supposed to be!"

I'm looking forward to this film coming out if only so she can stop telling me how Tom Cruise is like the worst possible person to play the character when the film leaves cinemas.

As for the trailer, doesn't really look like anything special let alone something that I would see, Tom Cruise goes round shooting and hitting people and that the general fan base apparently thinks is a terrible choice, I'll watch it when it comes out on DVD.

 

[The Mana Legend]

I am only seeing this for Werner Herzog. He has such an incredible set of eyes for acting, I'm surprised he didn't put them to use earlier.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

Looks incredibly plain. Thought for the longest time this was some Tomy Clancy spinoff.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

This film is going to be so much fun. As Spielberg always says, Cruise in scenery-chewing action mode is like double-buttered popcorn and a reach around in your seat.

 

[tino]

Don't care. Gimme all u need is kill.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

So the first impressions have come from... Harry Knowles. Urgh. Take with a spoon full of forgetmenows and assume we still have no impressions.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59895

 

[polyh3dron]

Sorry I can't take Cruise seriously as some guy that hardened criminals run from at the very sight of, whose name instills fear in them at the very mention of it.

 

[Gary Whitta]

So the first impressions have come from... Harry Knowles. Urgh. Take with a spoon full of forgetmenows and assume we still have no impressions.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59895

If that's what you think why bother posting it at all?

McQuarrie is the reason to see this, he always delivers. I think this will be good fun. Plus I can't resist Herzog as a bad guy.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

If that's what you think why bother posting it at all?

McQuarrie is the reason to see this, he always delivers. I think this will be good fun. Plus I can't resist Herzog as a bad guy.

Because some may feel differently than I do about Harry Knowles and be interested in what he has to say. I just think he's the worst barometer for the quality of a movie as he's either in super-fanboy giddy mode or thismovieisthebiggestpieceofcummucusdickjokes mode.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Might see it because of Herzog. It doesn't look very promising though.

 

[TDK Rises]

Just saw a review spot, with some well known publications praising it. hmm

RT just added TotalFilm's 4/5. The others were Empire, Rolling Stones etc..

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Cruise Missile always goes off with a bang. You people should know this by now.

 

[TDK Rises]

Cruise Missile always goes off with a bang. You people should know this by now.

Tom Cruise Mapother IV

 

[ViewtifulJC]

My first impression about this movie was "Tom Cruise as vigilante cop movie. Why the hell would anyone be genuinely excited about this?"

Werner Herzog as the bad guy, that's why.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Cruise Missile always goes off with a bang. You people should know this by now.

Explain Rock of Ages then.

But Cruise in action mode is always awesome.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Explain Rock of Ages then.

But Cruise in action mode is always awesome.

Didn't see Rock of Ages, but that's because I was under the impression he wasn't the lead.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Sorry I can't take Cruise seriously as some guy that hardened criminals run from at the very sight of, whose name instills fear in them at the very mention of it.

This is my take and the dialog comes off as so douchey. I WASNT EVEN TRYING. YOU WANNA SEE THE INSIDE OF AN AMBULANCE?...

 

[Expendable.]

Didn't see Rock of Ages, but that's because I was under the impression he wasn't the lead.

Avoid at all costs. He's kind of a glorified cameo in it.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/jack-reacher/review/400187

Tom Cruise might not be the 6-foot-5 rock described in the books, but he makes the title role fit him like a latex glove in a winning turn that could spawn a popular new franchise for the star, if public reaction to Christopher McQuarrie’s film is as strong as its fun quotient warrants.

http://www.mattsmoviereviews.net/movie-critic-reviews/jack-reacher.html

That Tom Cruise intensity fuels a refreshingly old school, stylish and brutally violent murder mystery.

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/ci...ss&ns_source=totalfilm&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

A superior thriller, with Cruise and McQuarrie slotting together like a bullet in a clip.

 

[outunderthestars]

I just can't take him seriously in this role. The dialog in the trailer was laugh out loud terrible. At first i thought it was one of those _______ Movie shitfest satires...

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Looks quite fun in a goofy way. I also have to thank the trailers for introducing me to Drop the Lime.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Looks generic. If he didn't make the call back saying he wanted to kill the guy it would have at least been different. Letting the female partner get killed would have been boss.