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Main problem with the film is it's excessive length. Could have easily been shorted by 30 to 45 minutes with better editing. The other major problem, from my point of view, is leaving out most of the FBI's involvement in the story. The book spent a great deal of time documenting the FBI's part in solving the crimes. The movie, not so much. On the plus side of the ledger, the acting was quite good. DeNiro and Decaprio were well cast and both did an excellent job as the main protagonists. The rest of the cast was quite good as well. The story depicts a very dark part of American history. One that I'm sure most Americans are not familiar with. Well worth the telling.

The character in the series feels like he jumped off the pages of the book. I've read all the Lee Childs Jack Reacher books and perhaps the main key to the character is his large physical size. Thats why I was extremely disappointed when Tom Cruise was cast in the two Reacher movies. While the plot of the first movie was very good, I just couldn't get past the size difference of Reacher in the book and Tom Cruise. The producer did an excellent job in using the material in the first book " the Killing Floor" as the basis for starting the series. In the first episode you get almost all the background information about the man. Then through the use of occasional flashbacks you learn about his past and what made the man. The script is fairly faithful to the book. I found the supporting actors to be very good. I wound up binge watching the whole series even though I tried not to. I highly recommend the series to both Fans of the book and those who have not read the books but are action fans. Hope that there's more to come.