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Even though many M21/M25 variants came back into favor in the Iraq and Afghan wars in the 2000s, it is not clear in the movie if Barr served in the Gulf War or the Iraq War(2003-2011). In the book that the film is based on, Barr served as an infantry sniper during the Gulf War(1990-1991). James Barr is also seen using an M1A in desert camouflage and a makeshift suppressor in a flashback to his experiences as an Army sniper in Iraq, which is strange because the US Army stopped using the M21/M25 SWS in 1988 when the bolt action M24 was introduced. Every M1A in the film is an actual M1A and not an M21/M25 SWS because they all lack the fire selector even though 2 of the rifles seen have cutouts for it in the stock. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant, and gun range owner Cash ( Robert Duvall) uses an M1A with a wooden stock to provide covering fire for Reacher in the finale. An M1A in a woodland camouflage scheme is used in the shootings in Pittsburgh, and is handled in various scenes by James Barr ( Joseph Sikora), Charlie ( Jai Courtney), Jack Reacher ( Tom Cruise) and Detective Emerson ( David Oyelowo). The Springfield Armory M1A is the main rifle seen in the film. Reacher holds one of the hybrid rifles on Charlie. The following weapons were used in the film Jack Reacher (2012):
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The film was followed in 2016 with the sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. As in by page 30 of most books, the books get into Reacher being 6-5 and anywhere from 220 to 250 (depending on the book). Tom Cruise is only 5 ft 7 in tall and brunette. The first thing that came to mind is that Jack Reacher in the books is always described as a blond, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, 250-pound man. I remember thinking Tom Cruise was very wrong for the role when I heard he had been cast. The books stress Reacher’s size and strength. I’m an unapologetic fan of the Lee Child Jack Reacher novels. The film also co-stars Rosamund Pike, Jai Courtney, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall and director Werner Herzog in a rare acting role. But Tom Cruise playing Jack Reacher is beyond stupid.
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Tom Cruise stars as Jack Reacher, a former US Army investigator living off the grid who emerges after being called upon by a former Army sniper who is accused of a seemingly random shooting of five people in Pittsburgh.
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The film is an adaptation of the novel One Shot by Lee Child (who does a cameo in the film as a cop), who created a series of novels featuring the title character. Jack Reacher is a 2012 thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie ( The Way of the Gun).