He can take out 5 trained mercenaries lickety split, but he gets bested by a 140 pound townie. Get the crap beat out of him by said townie (and it wasn't even a surprise ambush), left to drown in a pool, but of course, in best 60s Batman fashion, townie jumps into the pool to hold him down instead of bashing him in the head, and only after Reacher finds a gun is he able to escape doom. 😂