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Jack Reacher (movie)

Tom Cruise couldn't be more unlike Jack Reacher. Debonair, groomed, polished, small--the exact opposite.  Plot:  Man is accused of randomly killing people; a mass shooting. He's an ex-military colleague of Reacher. Reacher knows he's not a great shot.  The man has been framed. The killings aren't random. One person--a business rival of the bad guy Werner Herzog--is the only target. Other dead are just to throw the police off. Reacher works with lawyer Rosmund Pike to get to the truth, then kills all the bad guys and saves her. Robert Duvall (a parody of himself with his heh-heh laugh) is Reacher's helper.  In the end, Reacher walks away--maybe headed to the hairstylist Terrible

On the Waterfront

Great acting & screenplay.  Brando the "sensitive" younger brother of an organized crime chieftain.  Upset when friend is killed; upset when protester is killed--but not yet upset enough to do anything about it. Eva Marie Saint very good also

The Americans

Elizabeth (wife) is a true-believer willing to do anything for communism.  Phillip (husband) is not a true-believer, but he is willing to do anything as well.  CIA/KGB war going on. Not as good as Breaking Bad/Sopranos/Narcos, but entertaining.