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Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike

Sweetie and I went to see “Jack Reacher” today the new movie based on the Lee Child‘s book series starring the ultra-tough 6’5″ ex American Army Military Policeman Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is totally off the grid. He has lots of money but no home, no car, no drivers’ license, no cell phone, no email address, no luggage, shoot he doesn’t even have a facebook account. He deals in cash only and buys brand new clothes every few days and stays on the road constantly hitchhiking and riding the bus.

I could tell you a synopsis of this movie but all you need to know is that some real bad guys are doing some really bad things and Jack Reacher shows up  and straightens everything out. In the meantime we get to see some great chase scenes involving a souped up Chevelle, some darn good fighting scenes, some bad guys doing some mean things and Jack Reacher spitting out one-liners left and right. If you have read the books you know what I’m talking about. Jack Reacher taunts bad guys with some rally good one liners. They lead some of the bad guys to make some really bad decisions.

Rosamund Pike plays Helen, a young attorney defending some young veteran who may or may not be guilty of something. Jack Reacher ends up working with her as her investigator. She tries her best to get Jack Reacher to notice her. As the movie goes along she shows more and more cleavage and her push up undergarment keep pushing up higher and higher. I’m not going to spoil this for you either.

The movie is pretty darn good. I almost forgot that Jack Reacher is supposed to be 6′ 5″ while Tom Cruise checks in at about a foot shorter. He plays a very tough Jack Reacher and manages to keep his Tom Cruiseness in check. Sweetie even liked it. Said that it wasn’t bad for a guy flick.

Go see it, its good. Get a baby sitter for the kids. Lots of fighting and killing going on.

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“A Wanted Man” by Lee Child

Gottatellya, I love the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child. They are way beyond brain candy. Jack Reacher is like this 6′ 6″ ex Military Policeman who roams the country on foot with nothing but the clothes on his back, a toothbrush, and an ATM card. He buys a new clothes ever three days and throws the old ones away. WhattaGuy!!

He doesn’t take any crap from anybody either. In this book one of the character says something like “You don’t like to be pushed around, do you?” Jack says “I don’t know, I’ve never been pushed around. If I do, I’ll let you know if I like it or not.” He had lots better experiences as a high school freshmen than some of us did is all I have to say.

In this book Jack is hitchhiking in the midwest on his way to to Virginia to meet a woman he has never met. He gets picked up by two men and a woman who are wearing identical shirts. At first he figures they are part of some sort of corporate team building group but as they travel on he figures out differently. In the meantime  a man is brutally murdered and a cocktail waitress is abducted bringing in the FBI in the form of a semi hot Agent named Julia Sorenson.

Well before this book is out Jack Reacher has to deal with not only the FBI, the CIA, Homeland Security, and a bunch of Syrians he also gets to cop a feel of Agent Sorenson’s wrist that almost makes him swoon.

So does Jack deal with all this and still get his unseen woman in Virginia, or does Agent Sorenson or the Syrians, or the CIA dissuade him? Does he finally get pushed around? Read the book to find out.

I love Jack Reacher, I give this book four stars out of five.

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