The 2012 action thriller Jack Reacher is preparing for a new streaming chapter as it heads to Kanopy on January 1 , making the film accessible through libraries and universities across the U.S. For fans who came to the character through Alan Ritchson’s hulking Prime Video incarnation , this move offers a chance to revisit — or finally discover — the lean, cerebral origin point of the franchise.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and based on Lee Child’s novel One Shot , Jack Reacher introduced audiences to a very different kind of action hero. Tom Cruise 's Reacher isn’t defined by brute force as much as calculation, intuition, and an almost unsettling calm. He’s a former military police investigator who drifts from place to place, stepping in when systems fail and

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