Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Kids, the story of how I met your mother includes a drifter with no phone and a body count

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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

2016 PG-13 1h 58m

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

Release Date

October 19, 2016

Director

Edward Zwick

Writer

Lee Child, Edward Zwick, Richard Wenk

Stars

Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, Madalyn Horcher, Holt McCallany, Robert Knepper, Robert Catrini, Jessica Stroup, Austin Hébert, M. Serrano, Nicole Barré, Judd Lormand, Christopher Berry, Hunter Burke, Jason Douglas, Lizeth Hutchings, Marisela Zumbado, Alexandra Lucchesi, Anthony Molinari, Theo Kypri, Talbott Lin, Craig Henningsen, Giovanni Silva, Ryan Broussard, Josh Breslow, Ninja N. Devoe, Ernest Wells, Caroline Hebert, Michael Papajohn, Sharon E. Smith, Martin Covert, Abbie Gayle, Rae Varela, Taylor Faye Ruffin, Lee Child, Robert Larriviere, Teri Wyble, Gordon Alexander, Sean Boyd, Zachary James Rukavina, Jared Bankens, Robert Segari, Darcel White Moreno, Jenny Ballard, Jesse Malinowski, Billy Slaughter, Ben VanderMey, Ashley Wilks, Robert J. Gilchrist, Bennie Pete, Tyrus Chapman, Larry Lamar Brown, Phillip Sherrell Armand, Harry Darvell Cook, John Arvin Gilbert, Dwayne Finnie, Alvarez Huntley, Sabrina Gennarino, Chase Savoie, Timothy Carr, Gino Galento, Sam Medina, Julia Holt

Producer

Don Granger, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie

Cinematography

Oliver Wood

Music

Henry Jackman

Genre

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country

China, United States of America

Language

English

Budget

$60,000,000

External Links

IMDb | TMDB

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