'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' trivia and fun facts

Filming

''Jack Reacher: Never Go Back'' (2016) was filmed in and around New Orleans, Louisiana beginning October 2015.

Regardless of 'Mission Impossible'

''Jack Reacher: Never Go Back'' is Tom Cruise's first sequel besides the 'Mission Impossible' series.

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise worked with director Edward Zwick in 2003's 'The Last Samurai'.

Jack

Marks the fourth time Tom Cruise has played a character named Jack after 'Legend', 'Oblivion', and 'Jack Reacher'.

Based on the novels of Jack Reacher

This film is based on the eighteenth novel of the Jack Reacher book series written by Lee Child. Given that the first installment was based on the book nine you can say that this is not a direct sequel.