Jack Reacher Never Go Back is a feminist samurai movie: director Edward Zwick

By Karl Quinn
Updated October 20 2016 - 7:14pm, first published 4:48pm
Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher) is not a superhero figure in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Reacher gets hit, it hurts.
Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher) is not a superhero figure in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. When Reacher gets hit, it hurts.
Cobie Smulders did all her own stunts in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Photo: Emmanuel Wong
Cobie Smulders did all her own stunts in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Photo: Emmanuel Wong

In the taciturn, wandering hero of his film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Edward Zwick​ sees an echo of the last film he and Tom Cruise made together, 2003's The Last Samurai.

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