They were well-enough made and enjoyable for what they were, but could really have been films about any have-a-go-hero, failing to translate the pace & excitement of the books, and not quite doing justice to Reacher as a character. Whilst I didn’t agree with Cruise’s casting, I could overlook it, but I thought both films were quite uninspired.
#Jack reacher tv series free#
Who else is a fan, and who else is looking forward to a Tom Cruise free screen adaptation? I think a seed from that planted the idea of the Past Tense story but it went off on a bit of a weird tangent. The idea of the sub-plot feels like an off-shoot of "Make Me" whichĬulminates in the discovery of a studio making sick snuff movies using victims who think they are headed to a luxury Euthanasia clinic. That said, has anyone got the new one, Past Tense? It's a good read, but where there are usually a couple of nicely interwoven stories that come together around the middle, this one feels like two separate books which just happen to cross right at the very end. I usually have two or three books on the go at any one time and guaranteed one of them will be either a Clive Cussler or a Lee Child - it's the sort of stuff that is very easy to dip in and out of. Importantly though, they are fun to read. The novels themselves are pretty easy reading and usually quite formulaic (although the last couple have been a bit fresher). Luckily Lee Child has now stated that each of his books will be broken down into a 10-12 episode series, so we should get a fairly close representation of the books. I was picturing the A-Team but with Jack Reacher, which would have been just horrible.
#Jack reacher tv series series#
When I first read that they had decided on a TV series re-boot it made it sound like each episode was going to be a stand-alone story. Loads of Hollywood names have been thrown up (The Rock, Vin Diesel etc) but realistically for a TV series I'm pretty sure they will use a lesser known actor who hasn't already been typecast into a specific role or genre (and should come in a damn sight cheaper). No actor has been named as a replacement so it might be fun to speculate here. He wasn't a good representation of the "unstoppable force" fans of the books know and love but I enjoyed both films regardless.Īnyway, after tens of thousands of complain letters Lee Child has relented and agreed to a Netflix series based on the novels, which in hindsight will probably work much better.
Personally I didn't mind Tom Cruise in the movies - yes, he lacked the physical presence (a 5ft 5" slightly built bloke playing a 6ft 5" brick shithouse, basically) but he still brought an air of menace and capability to the screen which simply can't be adequately portrayed in the books. I know there are some fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books on here, I thought I might start a discussion thread about the new one and the upcoming TV series.