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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick and written by Zwick, Richard Wenk and Marshall Herskovitz, and based on the 2013 novel Never Go Back by Lee Child. A sequel to the 2012 film Jack Reacher, the film stars Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders with supporting roles by Patrick Heusinger, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Holt McCallany, and Robert Knepper.

Plot
Investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) springs into action after the arrest of Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders), an Army major accused of treason. Suspecting foul play, Jack embarks on a mission to prove that the head of his old unit is innocent. After crossing paths with the law, Reacher must now go on the lam to uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy that involves the death of U.S. soldiers.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It is completely unnecessary for various reasons. The only reason that it didn't need a sequel because the first film had a good ending where it did not hinted itself.
 * 2) The side characters are pointless whatsoever.
 * 3) The film steals elements from better films.
 * 4) The story is very predictable.
 * 5) The new characters, with the exception of the villains, don't do anything.
 * 6) The ending feels like its sequel baiting.

Good Qualities

 * 1) Great soundtrack by Henry Jackman, who composed Wreck-It Ralph series.
 * 2) Tom Cruise's performance is also great.
 * 3) The villains are decent.

Reception
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back received mixed reviews from critics and filmgoers, who praised Cruise's performance and the film's action sequences but criticized the plot. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 37%, based on 234 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Monotonously formulaic, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is one action-thriller sequel whose title also serves as a warning.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score 47 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

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