Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’s renewed success on Netflix has renewed these old comparisons.

This inconsistency divided fans of the novel when the films were originally released and continues to do so.

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The casting of Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher did have some amount of impact on the films.

Cruise has become something of an unstoppable force himself in the action genre.

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On the other hand, Cruise has become something of an unstoppable force himself in the action genre.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not always the right fit for certain properties.

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the sequel to the 2012 original based on the Novel by Lee Child. Finally trying to meet face to face with his support over the years, Jack heads to Washington to meet Major Susan Turner, only to discover that she has been accused of treason and arrested. Jack quickly deduces that she is being framed - and after helping her escape, the two team up to get to the center of a deadly government conspiracy.

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