You may have seen the movie Jack Reacher, or you may have read the book One Shot, but just how different is it when this book became a movie? How many changes can they really make between the book and the movie right? Sometimes the book doesn’t quite adapt to the big screen the same way! Check out the differences below!
How Is The Movie Jack Reacher Different From The Book One Shot?
The 2012 movie Jack Reacher is an action movie that previously had the title One Shot. The main character in both the book and the movie One Shot is Jack Reacher. The 2005 book One Shot from Lee Child is the ninth book in the Jack Reacher series. The book One Shot is named after the military sniper’s creed “one shot, one kill.” Let’s explore the difference further between the movie and the book.
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The physical characteristics of Jack Reacher-
Book- In One Shot, Reacher is described as 6 foot 5 inches tall, weighing about 250 pounds with dirty blond hair.
Movie- In the movie, Reacher is portrayed by Tom Cruise, who is 5 foot 7 inches tall, weighing about 148 pounds with black hair.
The character of James Barr waking up-
Book- In the book, James Barr wakes up about halfway through.
Movie- In the movie, Barr doesn’t wake up until close to the end.
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Number of kills for Jack Reacher-
Book- In the book, Reacher kills 4 guys with his bare hands pretty much.
Movie- In the movie, Reacher shoots numerous guys… a lot.
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Number of guys alive/dead at the end-
Book- In One Shot, there are two prime villains who are still alive at the end.
Movie- At the end of the movie, all of the villains are dead.
Length of time it takes to figure out James Barr may have been framed-
Book- In the book, it takes quite some time to figure out Barr may have been framed.
Movie- In the movie, the fact that Barr may have been framed was evident in the opening montage.
Portrayal of Jack Reacher when it comes to how he views women-
Book- In the book, Reacher is described as viewing beautiful women as conquests.
Movie- In the movie, Reacher is portrayed as a perfect gentleman.
Who is kidnapped-
Book- In the book, Rosemary Barr, the sister of James Barr is kidnapped.
Movie- In the movie, Helen Rodin, the lawyer for James Barr is the one kidnapped.
What happened to The Zec at the end?
Book- In One Shot, The prisoner known as The Zec is arrested along with Emerson, the corrupt police officer.
Movie- In the movie, The Zec is shot and killed by Jack Reacher.
So how is the movie Jack Reacher different from the book One Shot exactly? Plenty! have you noticed any other differences? Tell us in the comments!
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Havent heard of these but it sounds like an action packed movie. I will have to check it out!
I have not heard of the book or movie. May be a great book for my tween to be on the lookout for. Thanks
Thank you for explaining this! My husband will like this action packed movie because those are his types of flicks.
I haven’t heard of the book or the movie but it sounds good. I think my husband would enjoy the book.
I think I saw Jack Reacher but I’ve never heard of the book One Shot. It was interesting to learn about the differences!
I haven’t read the book and to be honest, I’ve never heard of either the book or the movie. But I have to say… You’ve made me curious.
It’s always fun to see the differences between the book vs the movie. I liked the movie Jack Reacher so now I’ll have to read the book too!