Taglines: The law has limits. He does not.
When a crazed sniper guns down five seemingly random people on a crowded Pittsburgh riverfront, Det. Emerson (David Oyelowo) quickly amasses enough evidence at the scene to implicate an unstable ex-military sniper named James Barr (Joseph Sikora). Upon being questioned by Emerson and DA Alex Rodin (Richard Jenkins), however, Barr demands to speak with Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise).
A former military investigator who fell off the grid following his service, Reacher soon shows up on the scene and begins gathering clues with the aid of talented defense attorney Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), the daughter of the DA. Meanwhile, when Reacher is assaulted in a local bar, he correctly surmises that someone is determined to impede his investigation.
His theory plays out when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman shortly thereafter. Now, with the police closing in from one side and a gang of ruthless killers gaining ground on the other, Reacher must use his formidable detective skills in order to catch the gunman and uncover his true motives.
Jack Reacher (formerly called One Shot, or alternatively known as Jack Reacher: One Shot) is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, based on Lee Child’s 2005 novel One Shot. The film stars Tom Cruise as the title character, with Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, Jai Courtney, Werner Herzog, and Robert Duvall also starring. The film entered production in October 2011, and concluded in January 2012. It was filmed entirely on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It received mostly positive reviews and performed well at the box office.
The film was released in North America on December 21. The musical score was composed by Joe Kraemer, performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony and recorded at the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver City, California. Cruise performed all of his own driving stunts during the film’s signature car chase sequence. Cruise reprised his role in the sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, based on the 2013 novel Never Go Back, which was released in October 2016.
Production on the film began in October 2011. Cruise performed all of his own driving stunts during the film’s signature car chase sequence. “Action to me is something very fun to shoot. The challenge in most car chases is you’re trying to hide the fact that it’s not the actor driving,” McQuarrie said. “The challenge here was the exact opposite. We were trying to find a way to show that it was always Tom driving. He’s literally driving in every stunt sequence.”
In February 2012, Kevin Messick, one of the film’s producers, sued Don Granger and Gary Levinsohn, two other producers, for breach of contract over a joint venture agreement, claiming he had “helped to develop the film, renew Paramount’s options for the rights to the book, and participated in the search for a screenwriter” but starting in July 2010, had been left out of meetings with the screenwriter and the studio and not given certain drafts of the screenplay while it was under development. Messick is suing for “unspecified damages, his producer’s fees and the right to participate in any upcoming sequels.”
Jack Reacher grossed $80.1 million in North America and $138.3 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $218.3 million, against a budget of $60 million. In North America, the film opened in 3,352 cinemas. Jack Reacher went on to gross $5.1 million on its opening day in the U.S. and Canada, and $15.6 million in its opening weekend. The film held well in its second weekend, dropping only 10.2% to a total of $14.1 million and ranking at No. 5.
Upon its opening five-day international start, making $5.5 million in the UK and $4.4 million in France, the film grossed a total of $18.1 million from 32 international markets. Throughout the following weeks, the film expanded to additional international markets and grossed an international total of $136,497,530.
Jack Reacher (2012)
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog, Jai Courtney, Joseph Sikora, Alexia Fast, Michael Raymond-James, Josh Helman, Robert Duvall
Screenplay by: Christopher McQuarrie
Production Design by: Jim Bissell
Cinematography by: Caleb Deschanel
Film Editing by: Kevin Stitt
Costume Design by: Susan Matheson
Set Decoration by: Douglas A. Mowat
Art Direction by: Christa Munro, Gregory A. Weimerskirch
Music by: Joe Kraemer
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, language and some drug material.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: December 21, 2012
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