'Jack Reacher' a solid genre vehicle for Cruise

The US premiere of ‘Jack Reacher’, an explosive action thriller based on the book ‘One Shot’ by Lee Child, was postponed in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The decision was understandable.

Christopher McQuarrie’s film opens with heart-stopping scenes of a sniper taking aim at innocent bystanders on a riverbank, including a nanny cradling a terrified young child in her arms.