Watch Jack Reacher 2012 Movie Online Upon hearing early announcements of a developing film adaptation of Lee Child's crime thriller novel One Shot, fans of the author were likely pleased. But even those unfamiliar with Child's writing might have caught wind of the title and donated some intrigue: One Shot. Immediately, you know what sort of subject matter you're dealing with. You know the genre and attitude of the movie, and, if you're familiar with the "One shot, one kill" motto of the military sniper community, you know that the central character might even have ties to the armed forces.
But somewhere along the line, Paramount Pictures decided a re-branding was in order. A shedding of this accessible, inclusive title, and an application of a moniker more "in-the-know": Jack Reacher. The adoption of the name of Child's recurring title character, embodied in the movie by a straight-faced Tom Cruise, as the movie's title is a curious move. What exactly makes Jack Reacher preferable to One Shot? The argument of pandering more directly to the literature's fans can be quelled by the simple fact that anyone who loves the books would obviously be familiar with, and enticed by, the title of one of them (One Shot is the ninth Jack Reacher book in Child's series). And anyone who doesn't know who Jack Reacher is might automatically be turned off by the title. There's something kind of creepy about the name, after all.
But as odd a choice as it may seem, the act is hardly unprecedented. Earlier this year, a very similar situation took place when the James Patterson novel I, Alex Cross was brought to screen, initially intending to maintain the title verbatim but instead dropping the first person pronoun to result in a film titled Alex Cross. And quite a film indeed. Another 2012 example is found in the science fiction adventure film John Carter, which preferred this highly generic nomenclature to the source material title John Carter of Mars, hoping to deter adversaries of the sci-fi genre (forces behind the film insolently categorized this demographic as "women").
But somewhere along the line, Paramount Pictures decided a re-branding was in order. A shedding of this accessible, inclusive title, and an application of a moniker more "in-the-know": Jack Reacher. The adoption of the name of Child's recurring title character, embodied in the movie by a straight-faced Tom Cruise, as the movie's title is a curious move. What exactly makes Jack Reacher preferable to One Shot? The argument of pandering more directly to the literature's fans can be quelled by the simple fact that anyone who loves the books would obviously be familiar with, and enticed by, the title of one of them (One Shot is the ninth Jack Reacher book in Child's series). And anyone who doesn't know who Jack Reacher is might automatically be turned off by the title. There's something kind of creepy about the name, after all.
But as odd a choice as it may seem, the act is hardly unprecedented. Earlier this year, a very similar situation took place when the James Patterson novel I, Alex Cross was brought to screen, initially intending to maintain the title verbatim but instead dropping the first person pronoun to result in a film titled Alex Cross. And quite a film indeed. Another 2012 example is found in the science fiction adventure film John Carter, which preferred this highly generic nomenclature to the source material title John Carter of Mars, hoping to deter adversaries of the sci-fi genre (forces behind the film insolently categorized this demographic as "women").
