Why does Jack Reacher roll into position at the shooting range?
Jack Reacher (Cruise) goes to a shooting range, hoping to discover who associated with the accused. The range is run by Mr Cash (Duvall), who is reluctant to reveal anything to a stranger. Cash proposes that he'll answer questions only if Reacher can perform three excellent sniper shots.
Reacher walks the paper target out to the metal backstop while Cash watches. Then the movie cuts to an extreme close-up of Cruise, holding the rifle, lying on his back at the firing line. He rolls right 180 degrees (and the camera rolls with him), so that he's lying on his stomach in the classic prone sniping position, and then begins shooting. The cut in question occurs at 1h31m00s.
Why does Reacher do this?
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Why do snipers roll into position?
The rollover prone position is used to remain low to the ground, but laying on your side. This keeps most of your body behind cover, yet still offers a lot of stability and low profile. It also enables you to shoot under very low obstacles.How far was Jack Reacher shooting at the range?
Reacher knows that 35 yards, the parking garage shooting distance to the victims, is point-blank range for a trained military sniper like Barr. Reacher also knows the shooter missed one shot on purpose, giving Reacher one shot at the truth.Where was the gun range in Jack Reacher?
It's to the north of downtown that the sniper is firing across the Allegheny River, from the parking garage of the Stanwix Tower Apartments, 625 Stanwix Street.Who did the shooting in Jack Reacher?
When a crazed sniper guns down five seemingly random people on a crowded Pittsburgh riverfront, Det. Emerson (David Oyelowo) quickly amasses enough evidence at the scene to implicate an unstable ex-military sniper named James Barr (Joseph Sikora).Jack Reacher (2012) - The Shooting Range Scene (8/10) | Movieclips
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