Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Timing: 1:58 (118 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2016-10-19

Country

China, United States

Production

Paramount, Skydance, TC Productions, Huahua Media, Shanghai Film Group

Genre

Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime

Budget

$60 000 000

Revenue

$162 146 076

Website

https://skydance.com/film/jack-reacher-never-go-back/

Director

Edward Zwick

Actors

Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Madalyn Horcher, Holt McCallany, Robert Knepper, Robert Catrini, Jessica Stroup
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Scenario

Producer

Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, Don Granger, Paula Wagner, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison, Herb Gains

Operator

Oliver Wood

Composer

Henry Jackman

Artist

Audition

Editing

Billy Weber
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• The plot is based on the 18th book in the "Jack Reacher" series by American author Lee Child.
• Tom Cruise has previously worked with the film's director, Edward Zwick, in 2003 (the film "The Last Samurai").
• Edward Zwick was appointed director in May 2015, and the creation of a sequel was officially announced in August of the same year.
• Filming took place in the vicinity of Louisiana and New Orleans.
• Actress Cobie Smulders performed all the stunts herself.
• Lee Child, the author of the novels on which both Jack Reacher films are based, played a cameo role in "Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back" as a TSA agent who notices that Jack, played by Tom Cruise, does not resemble the photo on the identification document presented when boarding a plane. The agent still lets the protagonist through.
• While Jack Reacher, played by Tom Cruise, is on the run, police reports describe him as a "white male, over forty." Cruise was already over 50 during filming. In the book, Jack Reacher is 52 years old.
• The number of deaths in the film: 12.
• The plot is based on the 18th book in the "Jack Reacher" series by American author Lee Child.
• Tom Cruise had previously worked with the film's director, Edward Zwick, in 2003 (the film "The Last Samurai").
• After the release of "Jack Reacher" (Christopher McQuarrie, 2012), the studio initially intended to adapt the 14th book in the Jack Reacher series, "61 Hours" (2010). However, author Lee Child admitted that the insurmountable difficulty was organizing a large snow-covered space in South Dakota. When the studio read the novel "Never Go Back" (2013), they decided to focus on this book because, according to Lee Child, "Samantha (played by Danika Yarosh) fits organically alongside Jack and Susan, the film's main characters." Child also added that if they ever decide to make a third film about Jack Reacher, the studio has already decided it will be based on the 11th book in the series, "Bad Luck and Trouble" (2007).
• Scenes set in Washington were filmed in a studio using chroma key technology or in New Orleans, Louisiana, which stood in for the US capital.
• This is the fourth film in which Tom Cruise plays a character named Jack. He had the same name in Ridley Scott's fantasy film 'Legend' (1985), Christopher McQuarrie's action film 'Jack Reacher' (2012), and Joseph Kosinski's science fiction action film 'Oblivion' (2013).
• Lee Child, the author of the novels on which both Jack Reacher films are based, played a cameo role in 'Jack Reacher 2: Never Go Back' as a TSA agent who notices that Jack, as played by Tom Cruise, does not resemble the person in the photo on the identification document presented when boarding a plane. The agent still lets the protagonist through.
• While Jack Reacher, as played by Tom Cruise, is on the run, police reports describe him as a 'white male, over forty.' Cruise was already over 50 during filming. In the books, Jack Reacher is 52 years old.