My boss recommended it. I never saw the Tom Cruise movies, because why would I? My knowledge was pretty slim, so it was an interesting ride. The character is portrayed by Alan Ritchson, a burly 6'3" actor, which is quite far from Tom Cruise's 5'7" height. Tom is known for playing tall characters, because an actor can act as any character of any height, and damn you if you think otherwise.

He is a pretty cool character, in this rendition of the source material, which is a book or series of books. Too lazy to look it up, but this particular show was pretty kick-ass. At this point, I have only seen the first season. Season 2 is currently airing on Prime.

So basically, Reacher is an ex-military bad-ass drifter who gets sucked into a police investigation in a small Georgia town. There are a lot of great moments and cool scenes throughout, as well as some wonderful violent bits. Good characters, good mystery, and overall solid entertainment.

I also got some T2 vibes here and there, particularly in the season climax due to the industrial and warm-colored setting. Plus, I hear season 2 has some direct T2 references, made blatantly by one Robert Patrick. Leave it to me to steer any topic into a Terminator discussion. I think he could probably make for a great T-800, but recent fan-casting wants him as Batman. Though I wouldn't mind Henry Cavill as a T-800 either, because that recent fan art looked cool.


Reacher, season 1. RECOMMENDED


Do the Tom Cruise movies suck?