35: Jack Reacher

Episode 35 of the The Last Star In Hollywood podcast, hosted by Next Word, titled "35: Jack Reacher" was published on June 27, 2024 and runs 98 minutes.

June 27, 2024 ·98m · The Last Star In Hollywood

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Summary

This week, Tom Cruise explores the road not taken with Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 action-thriller Jack Reacher. Is Cruise a bad match for Lee Child’s drifter hero? How can a car chase be so boring? What’s harder: walking, or talking? Unanswered Questions: What is the political or philosophical connection between Reacher and the Zek? How does Lee Child’s British perspective on Americanism manifest itself in the text? How indebted is the script to the original novel? Further reading: Lee Child One Shot (2005) Gone Girl (2014) In The Heat Of The Night (1967) The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord! Join us next week for the first of Cruise’s back-to-back high-concept sci-fi adventures, Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion. The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.Copyright © 2024 The Last Star In Hollywood. All Rights Reserved. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Episode Description

This week, Tom Cruise explores the road not taken with Christopher McQuarrie’s 2012 action-thriller Jack Reacher. Is Cruise a bad match for Lee Child’s drifter hero? How can a car chase be so boring? What’s harder: walking, or talking?

Unanswered Questions:

What is the political or philosophical connection between Reacher and the Zek?
How does Lee Child’s British perspective on Americanism manifest itself in the text?
How indebted is the script to the original novel?

Further reading:

Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord!

Join us next week for the first of Cruise’s back-to-back high-concept sci-fi adventures, Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion.

The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.

★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★