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In the immortal words of the late Jim Holliday, if you have to ask, you don’t know.
If you have to ask who fictional character Jack Reacher is then you don’t know what the current rhubarb is all about.
Reacher at 6’5 and 250 pounds is the creation of author Lee Child who’s latest effort of the 16 Reacher novels published so far is titled The Affair. Reacher, a former United States Army Military Police Major, is a loner, a drifter, travels with no luggage, buys his clothes when he needs them in thrift shops and kicks more ass than Bruce Lee on crank.
The plots, which could be concocted by Vince McMahon, are pretty straightforward. Reacher’s either summoned or lands in a town located out in Bumfuck, Nowhere. Said town is always run by a bunch of very bad guys who may be into smuggling, scamming, terrorism, counterfeiting, arms dealing or human trafficking. Take your pick.
No sooner does Reacher arrive then he’s confronted by a flying wedge of rednecks and ex jocks who he physically disposes of and generally hospitalizes by means of his bare hands. Only to have their vengeful buddies try to finish him off by Act III, which they can’t.
What I love about Child’s style is that he breaks down 10-second physical assaults like these over a course of several pages. He’ll detail what’s going on in Reacher’s head and how Reacher sizes up the logistics plus Child will invariably lecture on the complicated physics and anatomy of breaking someone’s nose or skull with a head butt.
It’s modern tough guy fiction that has no equal. Besides being a supreme badass, Reacher is a man of few words and spends no time whatsoever moralizing if the situation calls for really drastic measures. Like point blank killing someone.
What’s got the boxers of Reacher’s ardent fans particularly in a knot right now is the fact that Tom Cruise has been picked to play Reacher in the first film, we presume, of a Reacher franchise ala James Bond. Cruise, by the way, is the featured interview in the June issue of Playboy.
If it doesn’t seem apparent, Cruise at 5’7” with dark hair hardly approaches sandy blonde haired Reacher’s physical status.
Yes, we’re being sold a bill of goods. And we’re being sold time and again on Cruise being this macho action hero [Four Mission Impossible Films with a fifth on the way; Knight and Day, Colateral, The Last Samurai, etc.] when really, he’s just a grinning, cuddly Jerry Maguire.
Cruise in an interview states, “Firstly, I’m very sensitive to it.” [The criticism about the casting.]
Cruise also revealed that Child came to watch his readings. “This is Lee’s book and Lee’s character. Him giving me his blessing is what made me do it. If he hadn’t then I wouldn’t have done it.”
Even Howie Long at his age is clearly Jack Reacher. But Cruise? C’mon, Lee, what were you thinking?