I was never one of those people who carped on Tom Cruise being the Halloween miniature candy bar version of Jack Reacher. He may not have had the physical stature of his literary counterpart, but he pulled off the job convincingly enough to make even Lee Child happy. The first movie had a lean, stripped down feel to it, and everything from the fight scenes (which were short and sweet as per Jack Reacher's style), to the obligatory car chase (which is one of the best I've seen it any movie) felt like they could have come right off the pages of one of the novels. This movie pairs Reacher with Cobie Smulders, (in full Marvel superhero mode) and an AAF teenager, both of whom relegate Reacher to a third wheel in his own movie. There is nothing in this sad affair that lives up to its predecessor. If the quality jumped from a 10 in the first movie to a two in this one, let's hope Tom Cruise never puts on Jack Reacher's shoes again!