Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

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Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers. Wikipedia ↗

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Edward Zwick, the sequel to the 2012 original. Tom Cruise returns as the nomadic former military investigator who returns to his old headquarters to meet Major Susan Turner, played by Cobie Smulders, only to find her arrested on espionage charges. Reacher breaks Turner out and they go on the run together while uncovering a military conspiracy involving a private military contractor.

The addition of a teenage girl, played by Danika Yarosh, who may be Reacher's biological daughter added a family-dynamic element that was new for the character. The film earned $162 million worldwide on a $60 million budget, a decline from the original that, combined with the franchise's failure to match Lee Child's novels' devoted readership, led to the property being rebooted as a television series with a physically larger actor. The film demonstrated the enduring commercial viability of its franchise and genre to global audiences, solidifying its position in the modern blockbuster landscape.