![]() ![]() Although this chips away the mysteriousness and enigma that makes Jack Reacher more appealing in the books, Amazon's Reacher deserves credit for balancing the character's clever wordplay and sarcastic banter with a pinch of the "Reacher Said Nothing" rule. ![]() Considering how it would be challenging to portray Jack Reacher in the audiovisual medium without giving him enough dialogue to work with, it is understandable why Reacher's creators made him seem more chatty than in the books' version. While Amazon's version of Jack Reacher does not wholly embody the "Reacher Said Nothing" Rule, he honors it in some ways by letting his actions do all the talking in Reacher's opening moments. However, once he starts talking in Amazon's Reacher, he does not hold himself back from outwitting others with his dry humor, which makes him slightly different from his source material counterpart. Instead of protesting, Reacher gives the cops the silent treatment and does not say a word until much later in the episode. Moments later, cops arrive to arrest Reacher while he tries enjoying his first peach pie and coffee in Margrave. Terrified by the Reacher's intimidating glare, the goon simply surrenders. Reacher comes to Amazon Prime Video on Friday, February 4.In Reacher's opening scene, the titular character confronts a parking lot goon by giving him a piercing death stare without uttering a word. ![]() The actor said: "I'll say that we're gonna be doing a book a season, so the first season will be the first book.I think spending a season on each book is gonna be really enjoyable for audiences." In a Collider interview, Ritchson hinted that, should the show get future seasons, it will continue to follow the release order of the books. The first Jack Reacher movie was based on the ninth book in the series, One Shot (11th in the overall Reacher chronology), while the second film was based on 18th book Never Go Back. Starting with Killing Floor also serves to set this series apart from the films. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. All Jack knows is that he didn't kill anybody. He's just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hour, he's arrested for murder. Another man next to him, telling stories that don’t add up. ![]() This is all hinted at in the book's synopsis, taken from a new tie-in version related to the new Amazon series: "Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. Kindle 9.99 Rate this book Jack Reacher 17 A Wanted Man Lee Child, Dick Hill (narrator) 4.05 76,125 ratings4,454 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller (2012) Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. When he gets caught up in the middle of a small town murder, however, this previously mysterious man has to start revealing some things about himself to try and get himself untangled from the crime. Or, as Child put it in a Toronto Sun interview: "In that book, Reacher is learning to be Reacher."Īt the start of the novel (and series), Reacher is drifting around the country with no phone and very little in the way of possessions. However, this book provides a great jumping-in point for the series, as the character has to introduce himself to the characters he encounters throughout the story-and, by extension, us as viewers. Though the first book to come out, Killing Floor is now the fourth Jack Reacher book in the official chronology, behind The Enemy (2004), Night School (2016) and The Affair (2011), as well as a number of short stories. The first eight episodes are based on the first Jack Reacher novel, Killing Floor. When it came to this Amazon Prime Video series, the makers of Reacher chose the first option. Alan Ritchson in "Reacher." The character is taken from Lee Child's novels. ![]()
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