After dismantling a human trafficking ring, former military investigator turned vigilante drifter Jack Reacher returns to his old military headquarters to meet Major Susan Turner, who he has been working with during his travels, only to learn from Colonel Sam Morgan that Susan Turner has been accused of espionage and detained.
Susan Turner’s attorney, Colonel Bob Moorcroft, reveals that there is evidence that Susan Turner is involved in the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan, but Jack Reacher believes she is being framed. Bob Moorcroft also reveals an old acquaintance of Jack Reacher, Candice Dayton, has filed a paternity suit against him, claiming he is the biological father of her 15-year-old daughter, Samantha Dayton. Reacher reaches out to Samantha, but she rebuffs him, believing he is after her biological mother due to her past as a drug addict.
Bob Moorcroft is later killed by an unknown assassin. Jack Reacher is framed for Bob Moorcroft’s murder and arrested and transported to the prison where Susan Turner is being detained. Assassins arrive to kill her, but Jack Reacher neutralizes them, rescues her and they escape to Morgan’s house, having deduced he is involved in the conspiracy, to extract information. After they leave, the assassin, revealed to be working with Sam Morgan, kills Sam Morgan and frames Jack Reacher which he learns about from a friend, Sergeant Leach when he asks her to investigate a military contractor.
Jack Reacher and Susan Turner uncover surveillance pictures of Samantha Dayton and surmise she is in danger, arriving at her home to find her foster parents dead and Samantha Dayton hiding in the kitchen. Jack Reacher and Susan Turner decide to escort Samantha Dayton to Susan Turner’s old private school for protection, but discover that she has her mobile phone with her and the enemy probably knows exactly where they are. They discard the phone and make a quick exit, during which Samantha Dayton steals a backpack from one of the students to use the credit cards.
Jack Reacher, Susan Turner and Samantha Dayton travel to New Orleans in search of Daniel Prudhomme, the only eye-witness to the murders for which Susan Turner has been framed. They find him in a derelict warehouse filled with drug addicts and learn that Daniel Prudhomme is connected to Parasource, a private military organization that is trying to cover up the murders. Jack Reacher contacts Susan Turner’s friend, Captain Anthony Espin, to move Daniel Prudhomme into custody, but they are ambushed by assassins and Daniel Prudhomme is killed, while Jack Reacher rescues Anthony Espin and finds out that the assassins are Parasource contractors. Parasource’s CEO, General James Harkness, then sends his enforcer to capture Samantha Dayton after she uses a credit card to order room service.
Jack Reacher and Susan Turner, along with Anthony Espin, acting on information provided by Daniel Prudhomme, intercept a flight of weapons due to enter the country, where they confront James Harkness and his men and accuse them of corruption. Upon opening the crates, however, Anthony Espin find weapons as declared in the flight manifest. Before Susan Turner can be re-arrested, Jack Reacher opens up one of the weapons crates and discovers that they are filled with opium. They learn that James Harkness framed Susan Turner, who had been investigating his activities, for the murders of two soldiers who discovered that James Harkness was selling weapons to insurgents and smuggling drugs into the United States. Anthony Espin and his men then arrest James Harkness, clearing Jack Reacher’s and Susan Turner’s names.
The enforcer and his men locate and chase Samantha Dayton through the streets to lure Jack Reacher into a confrontation. Susan Turner kills one of the assassins, whilst Jack Reacher takes out another one on the rooftop. The enforcer captures Samantha Dayton and threatens to kill her, but she manages to escape and steal his gun. Jack Reacher then tackles the enforcer onto another rooftop, briefly incapacitating both of them, and they have a vicious fight that culminates with Jack Reacher breaking the enforcer’s arm, leg and neck, before dropping him off the rooftop. Jack Reacher then admits to Samantha Dayton he might be her father.
Following James Harkness’ arrest, Susan Turner is reinstated in her old position and goes back to her office, where her colleagues and Captain Anthony Espin all welcome her back. Jack Reacher promises to keep in touch before meeting Samantha Dayton at a diner to meet Candice Dayton, Samatha Dayton’s mother, whom Jack Reacher surmises he will recognize as he remembers everyone he has slept with. Samantha Dayton reveals that the waitress that had been serving him is in fact Candice Dayton and that Jack Reacher cannot be her father as they did not recognize each other. Jack Reacher and Samantha Dayton then reluctantly part.
While preparing to leave, a phone rings in Jack Reacher’s pocket and finds Samantha Dayton’s phone, which she had slipped on his pocket, with a final goodbye. Jack Reacher smiles as he hitches a ride to the nearest town.
Cast :
- Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher
- Cobie Smulders as Major Susan Turner
- Aldis Hodge as Captain Anthony Espin
- Danika Yarosh as Samantha Dayton
- Holt McCallany as Colonel Sam Morgan
- Austin Hebert as Daniel Prudhomme
- Robert Catrini as Colonel Bob Moorcroft
- Robert Knepper as General James Harkness
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