Jack Reacher (film)

Jack Reacher
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byChristopher McQuarrie
Screenplay byChristopher McQuarrie
Based onOne Shot
by Lee Child
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCaleb Deschanel
Edited byKevin Stitt
Music byJoe Kraemer
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
Running time
130 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million[2]
Box office$218.3 million[2]

Jack Reacher is a 2012 American action thriller film[3][4] written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, starring Tom Cruise and based on Lee Child's 2005 novel One Shot. Cruise portrays the title character and the supporting cast features Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall, David Oyelowo, Richard Jenkins, and Jai Courtney. The film focuses on a normally non-contactable former US Army Major MP investigator Jack Reacher, who is called upon to aid in a homicide investigation involving a trained military sniper believed to be responsible for a mass shooting.

The film entered production in October 2011, and was completed in January 2012. It was filmed entirely on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The musical score was composed by Joe Kraemer and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

The film's premiere screening in Pittsburgh was postponed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting; the movie was released in North America one week later on December 21, 2012, where it received generally positive reviews and was successful at the box office. A sequel was developed with Cruise, titled Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, based on the 2013 novel Never Go Back, which was released on October 21, 2016.

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  2. ^ a b "Jack Reacher (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Man Files A Complaint Because Jack Reacher Trailer Features An Explosion Not In The Film". Cinemablend.com. April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2013. The explosion in question was a single split-second element omitted form a 130-minute long action film and [we] believe that, taken as a whole, the impression created by the advertisement was a true and fair reflection of the film which could not reasonably be considered misleading or deceptive to customers.
  4. ^ "Jack Reacher (2012)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on December 30, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.