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Paladin

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5. The movie's release was delayed.

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 08:06 AM

Jun 2013

The movie had a lot of lone gunman/sniper content, and its original release date was right around the time of the Newtown school massacre. The release date was rightfully postponed, and it never got its momentum back.

I'm a huge fan of the Reacher books, I've met the author, and I did my fair share of griping about the Tom Cruise casting. And oddly enough, I thought the flick was pretty good---Cruise bears no physical resemblance to Jack Reacher, of course, but I thought he depicted Reacher's attitude pretty well, thanks to some sharp writing and direction.

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Why do they do this? [View all] Hula Popper Jun 2013 OP

Don't pay any attention to the movie Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #1

Worst casting ever Mz Pip Jun 2013 #2

Wasn't the Reacher movie already released and it bombed? SheilaT Jun 2013 #3

The movie's release was delayed. Paladin Jun 2013 #5

The movie got me interested in the books shedevil69taz Jun 2013 #4

I enjoyed the movie getting old in mke Jun 2013 #6

Tom Cruise is not Jack Reacher matt819 Jun 2013 #7

Is Caviezel six-foot-four and 240 lbs.? Paladin Jun 2013 #8

I'm thinking of him in Person of Interest matt819 Jun 2013 #9