[bjc]

Do you mean Jack Reacher with the vertically challenged Tom Cruise playing the 6’ 3” Reacher? It was a no-go for me from the start.

[Perdogg]

No Jack Ryan with Chris Pine.

[Shimmer1]

Something about Tom Cruise repels me anyway. I don’t know why, but Johnny Depp repels me even more.

[Safetgiver]

I knew I couldn’t see Reacher (although I love every book) because in my mind I’d see Cruise squeaking out “ Bend down here so I can twist your head off”.

[Phlyer]

the 6’ 3” Reacher

I'm not a Tom Cruise fan, but I thought it was laughably cliché in the book(s) to have the hero be yet another big ol' "He-Man: Masters of the Universe" type. Having a smaller man play Reacher showed a lot more toughness ("It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.") which made the character both more real and more impressive.

(Spoiler alert)

Of course, the whole, 'throw the rifle away and fight the bad guy with your bare hands' scene at the end was even more laughable. They take the time to show a guy who is ruthless enough to take out 5 guys through pure do-whatever-it-takes attack (a kick to the crotch, etc.) and then he wants to fight a noble-knights battle while the girl is still helpless in the hands of people who have demonstrated they are willing to kill half a dozen people to hide one targeted murder? Stupid.