Yes I am a Lee Child/Reacher fan and yes I have read all the books. I am not a nitpicker though. I understand that for editing and thematic purposes a book is butchered from time to time for the sake of creating a script - this movie simply represents a poor job of it.
I watched the film last night and woke up with no clear memories about the film so I watched it again to see if I was missing something.
From beginning to end too much of the details of the story are tossed out. The film opens up with no explanation of why Reacher is in a diner, where the diner is and how he knows Major Turner. Most of the information is implied by incoherent flashbacks that also don't add any details.
I would say incoherent is the operative term throughout. Each scene was like being 35 minutes late t the film and walking in an sitting down and watching it anyways. The minute you figure out what is going on, its already a few scenes later.
Reacher was charged with two crimes in the book, and assigned two lawyers. Neither of the crimes was much more than a back story to the main plot, and certainly not the daughter, but these facts are important because it explains why he is operating the way he does. The reason for drafting Reacher back into the Army is not fleshed out and his time confined to the base are completely glossed over.
All the military officers in the movie are far too compliant and give up classified and/or privileged information without putting up any kind of fight or demanding a reasonable explanation.
Major Turner is scripted as some sort of helpless whiny side kick.
There is action, but it doesn't fit in well with the story, it is also incoherent and not well explained and seemed perfunctory as apposed to essential. Again, I saw it last night, and I woke up trying to remember is there was any action, or was it just Reacher on the run with Turner and a teenager?
It was like watching a bad Paul Greengrass film minus the shaky camera work. Frenetic, and unconnected. Much like the film Alex Cross had nothing to do with the book I, Alex Cross; Never Go Back has little to do with the Jack Reacher novels.
All this would be somewhat acceptable if it were a decent action film, but it is not even that.
Therefore I feel I have no choice to but say its just a bad film. Sorry.
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