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Soooo disappointed..Having read many of Lee Childs wonderful books,and not having seen the 2010 'Jack Reacher',I looked forward to this new release.I went into this knowing so many people made fun of the fact that Tom Cruise was almost a foot shorter than Jack Reacher..Great opening scenes soon went downhill fast.Cruise's face looked puffed,and his performance'somnambulistic'..Their was no suspense,or story for that matter.'The Daughter' was the end for me..Forget about the bad guys,I wanted to kill her!..A travesty of Lee Childs creation..Reacher was treated as a feminist joke here...And the worst part of all was the direction of Edward Zwick..A very good Director on the skids..

Not a sequel,but a companion piece to Support Your Local Sheriff,and a very funny spoof in it's own right.The cast underplayed it beautifully(not like todays hit you over the head variety).A special mention to Jack Elam,who had me in stitches.He was the master of the false bravado.Oldtime western fans will love it.

A genuine classic.(Not just because it's more than 20 years old!)Yes,it's a shame Charles Laughton didn't direct again.Alfred Hitchcock could have picked up some pointers from this one.Stunning imagery,beautifully shot and genuinely suspenseful.Robert Mitchum(too often wasted in inferior films and sleepy performances),shows here that all he needed was a swift kick at times to show everyone how good he was.Should rate highly in all time great film lists.