Plot After dismantling a human trafficking ring, former military investigator turned vigilante drifter Jack Reacher returns to his old military headquarters to meet Major Susan Turner, who has been assisting him in his investigations, only to learn from his old rival, Colonel Sam Morgan, that Turner has been accused of espionage and detained.
Turner's attorney, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, reveals that there is evidence that Turner is involved in the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan, but Reacher believes she is being framed. Moorcroft also reveals an old acquaintance of Reacher’s, Candice Dayton, has filed a paternity suit against him, claiming he’s the biological father of her 15-year-old daughter, Samantha Dayton. Moorcroft is later killed by an assassin known as “The Hunter”. Reacher reaches out to Samantha, but she rebuffs him, believing he's after her biological mother due to her past as a drug addict. Reacher is later framed for Moorcroft’s murder and detained alongside Turner.
Publication Information
- Title : Jack Reacher : Never Go Back
- Directed by : Edward Zwick
- Produced by :
- Tom Cruise
- Don Granger
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Screenplay by
- Richard Wenk
- Edward Zwick
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Based on : Never Go Back by Lee Child
- Music by : Henry Jackman
- Cinematography : Oliver Wood
- Edited by : Billy Weber
- Production companies :
- Skydance Media
- TC Productions
- Distributed by : Paramount Pictures
- Release dates :
- October 16, 2016 : New Orleans
- October 21, 2016 : United States
- Running time : 118 minutes
- Country : United States
- Language : English
Assassins arrive to kill them, but Reacher neutralizes them, rescues Turner and they escape to Morgan’s house, having deduced he’s involved in the conspiracy, to extract information. After they leave, the Hunter kills Morgan and frames Reacher. Reacher and Turner uncover surveillance pictures of Samantha and surmise she’s in danger, arriving at her home to find her foster parents dead and a Samantha hiding in the kitchen. Upon learning from a friend, Sergeant Leach, that he’s also been framed for Morgan’s death, Reacher decides to escort Samantha to a private school for protection, but discover that she has her mobile phone with her and the enemy probably knows exactly where they are. They discard the phone and make a quick exit, during which Samantha steals a backpack from one of the students to use the credit cards.
Reacher, Turner and Samantha travel to New Orleans in search of Daniel Prudhomme, the only eyewitness to the murders that Turner has been framed for. They find him in a derelict warehouse filled with drug addicts and learn that Prudhomme is connected to Parasource, a private military organization that is trying to cover up the murders. Reacher contacts Turner’s friend, Captain Anthony Espin, to move Prudhomme into custody, but they are ambushed by assassins and Prudhomme is killed, while Reacher rescues Espin and finds out that the assassins are Parasource contractors. Parasource's CEO, General James Harkness, then sends his enforcer, the Hunter, to capture Samantha after she uses a credit card to order room service.
Cast
- Tom Cruise : Jack Reacher
- Cobie Smulders : Major Susan Turner
- Aldis Hodge : Captain Anthony Espin
- Danika Yarosh : Samantha Dayton
- Patrick Heusinger : The Hunter
- Holt McCallany : Colonel Sam Morgan
- Austin Hebert : Daniel Prudhomme
- Robert Catrini : Colonel Bob Moorcroft
- Robert Knepper : General James Harkness
