Jack Reacher, an action thriller directed by Christopher McQuarrie, will be available on the Prime Video subscription starting September 10, 2026.
Released in theaters in 2012, the film adapts Lee Child's novel One Shot and hands the role of the former military investigator to Tom Cruise.
In an Indiana town, a gunman kills five people before being quickly identified and arrested. The evidence seems damning, but the suspect refuses to plead guilty. During questioning, he gives investigators only one instruction: "Find Jack Reacher."
A former major in the military police, Reacher now lives on the fringes of society, with no fixed address or phone. When he learns of the arrest, he goes to the scene not to defend the suspect, but to verify his guilt. Several inconsistencies in the gunfight prompt him to doubt the official account.
He then sets off on his own investigation with Helen Rodin, the attorney portrayed by Rosamund Pike. The pursuit of the real motive leads them to a criminal organization whose methods hinge on tampering with evidence, intimidation, and silencing witnesses.
Jack Reacher adapts One Shot, the ninth novel in the series by Lee Child. The film keeps the character’s independence, sharp observational skills, and military background, but it diverges from the books’ physical description, where Reacher is portrayed as unusually tall and imposing.
Tom Cruise's casting had drawn some skepticism from readers. Lee Child, however, defended the choice, highlighting how the actor conveys the character's strategic intellect, solitary nature, and an uncompromising sense of justice. Tom Cruise would reprise the role in 2016's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Christopher McQuarrie handles both directing and writing. This collaboration with Tom Cruise predates their work together on several Mission: Impossible installments. Around the two leads, the cast includes Robert Duvall, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Jai Courtney and Werner Herzog.
This incarnation does not share the continuity of the series Reacher, also available on Prime Video, in which Alan Ritchson reprises the character created by Lee Child. To extend this universe, the platform is currently streaming the fourth season of Reacher, while the spin-off series Neagley is also expected in September.
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