Number 2 with a Bullet

Now the action starts to pick up. The whole thing with Reacher is for him to get on the inside. He plays his cards really well. He goes to town with the boy and cleverly uses him to draw information. It's significant that he know the enemy or he'll never get anywhere.

There is a violent scene with some former high school bullies. We know from the start of the confrontation that no good can come to these guys. They use the three against one bit. Reacher uses the vanity of the head guy against him.

The father finds out that the kidnappers are holed up in the woods. Reacher uses this as an opportunity to gain his confidence and get disappearances solved.

Im a big fan of the big man usually. However,this season is a lot lame .The baddies are so relentlessly,unvaryingly butch,unfriendly and aggressive they are just ridiculous. Even the kitchen staff are mouthy and mean and abusive.and what about everything happening at night ?. And with the obvious use of 'stop down ' night cinematography,I suspect very low budget. Nobody cared much with this production. The writers didnt care much about plotting or veracity and Ritchson phoned in his performance. Although Reacher does deserve credit for his super human running,climbing, walking and scowling. I wont be extending my Prime sub to catch the rest.

I liked most of the first season of Reacher till the bad guys decided to stop using their brains, the second season they led out of the gate with the dumb bad guys and yet again they have found some more for season three.

Three days into his assignment they have had five men of their small group killed and yet Reacher is now the number two. Guard towers large fencing and men on the gate and yet there is zero surveillance on the grounds and Reacher is free to come and go at ease. Special mention must go to the guttering for being able to repeatedly being able to support a man of Reachers size without breaking.

Also at this point the bad guys must be wondering if Reacher has some sort of continence issue.

One extra star for Ritchson that's about it.

Everything that you want out of a big, dumb action series is here for your popcorn fuelled indulgence:

• Hammy dialogue.

• Unnecessary graphic violence.

• Acting so cliched and wooden you could clad a cabin with it.

• Dumb villains.

• Ridiculous coincidences
• Reacher monologuing like a clairvoyant at every whiff of a clue
• A potential romance with yet another colleague

Anyone who moans about the plot and dialogue should read the books. Because that's what the screenplay is based on and it's just as corny too. But I bloody love it! Brain free, easy plot to follow and actually some half decent cinematography at times. Never change Reacher. <3.

The drop off from the 1st season of Reacher to the 2nd was pretty significant but I had hopes the 3rd season would pull out of the tailspin. Alas, it apparently is not to be.

Alan Ritchson is so stiff and wooden, you could build an 18th century sailing ship out of him. The holes in the plot are enormous. I have read most of the books so I understand the need to suspend disbelief but come on.

The timing is all out of whack. He runs from the front of an estate, through the house, across the back of the estate, over a fence and down a rocky shoreline, then runs back all in a couple of minutes and is not out of breath? Have they ever seen a live person run?

The only thing to look forward to is the showdown between Reacher and Olivier Richters. Given what a putz Alan Ritchson is in real life I am kinda rooting for Richters.