Why Reacher Is the Best Thing Streaming Right Now
2024-08-30 · 5 min read
Amazon Reacher succeeds because it understands exactly what it is: a show about an impossibly large man who arrives in small towns, solves crimes, and beats people up. Alan Ritchson Jack Reacher is six-foot-three, 235 pounds of principle and violence.
Ritchson casting corrected the central problem of the 2012 Tom Cruise film: Reacher is supposed to be enormous. His size is a plot point. Ritchson fills doorframes, and the show frames him accordingly.
The fight choreography is the show selling point. Reacher fights are brutal, efficient, and grounded in plausible martial arts. He hits people very hard, and they stay down.
Each season adapts a single Reacher novel, giving the show a self-contained structure. The mysteries are twisty enough to keep you guessing but not so convoluted that you lose track.
The show has a sense of humor about itself that prevents it from becoming self-serious. Reacher deadpan delivery and complete indifference to social norms create natural comedy.
Stream on Prime Video at https://www.primevideo.com/detail/reacher. With Lee Child extensive backlist, the show has material for years of seasons.
Reacher is essential if you want a show that delivers exactly what it promises: a big man solving problems with his brain and his fists in equal measure. It is comfort food for action fans, executed with skill and self-awareness.
