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Originally Posted by carpetmojo
I hesitate to say this, but I will anyway - you have read a few Reacher books, haven't you ? 
Because - to me anyway - he's quite a complex character study, and if a, well, let's just say an actor without considerable ability in the part would make it just the kind of film that would be up for the "straight to video" awards, and lose any chance of the film being anything more than a shoot 'em up yawn seen it before (and turned it off) 
Much the kind of film inhabited by Dolph Lundgren, usually - but having only managed to stay with two beyond enough time to pull myself together and go to bed, perhaps I'm under-valuing the quality of the meaningful complex roles he has assayed...?
Or perhaps they don't make to video ?
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Unfortunately, a mediocre-at-best film that would have been better suited for direct-to-video is kind of what I expect. I'm a pessimist (so I'm never unpleasantly surprised!
) but I fully expect Hollywood to ruin all of my favorite series/characters. This is, after all, the culture that needs to constantly remake uninspired material that is only 20 years old rather than make a movie that requires original thought.
I sincerely hope I am wrong, but I expect it be a forgetable movie where Jack utters cheesy one-liners while he kicks hundreds of asses. I must admit that Liam Neeson would add a little gravitas to the role, but I still think he seems a bit too old. In terms of physique, Dolph Lundgren did come to mind, but my giant schnauzer is a better actor than he is, and the Reacher character is as smart as he is tough. No way Dolph can pull that off.