kneel-16794 Reviews

Reacher (2022– )

If you like the premise of the movies....

[8/10 · 6 February 2022]

You'll probably enjoy this. Ritchson is a very believable Reacher, in ways Cruise was not. He has a delivery that works. He's an excellent smart ass. Physically he fits the bill in ways Cruise never could.

If you liked the books, or the Cruise movies, you know what you are in for. But Ritchson does it with a believable tour de force you expect from the character but haven't really seen before. We get a chance to see more of Reacher and learn about what makes him tick, with the series over the movies.

Ritchson delivers much humour ("Do you guys recycle?") some can be a little dark, in amongst the story development and some fairly graphic violence that you don't see on network television.

The production values are very high. An excellent supporting cast helps to make this a series you want to binge through to see what happens next. It's going to be a lot to live up to in the next season, whenever that might be. It fits in very well with Jack Ryan, Bosch and others in the Amazon line up. All different, all well made. I hope Ritchson enjoys the character because he could be playing him for a while.

The problem with the series is that many will binge watch and have to sit and wait a year or more for season 2!

Firequake (2014 TV Movie)

They did read the script, right?!

[1/10 · 10 September 2018]

Not often have I been compelled to write a review, until now! It's not enough to say the acting is poor, but it is. The story and script is insane! None of the scenes make any sense. Where does this take place? Czech Republic? Ukraine? US? One minute it's the Czech Republic and then there is reference to how this disaster gives the US access to the Ukraine and then within, let's say an hour, they are surrounded by seemingly US troops already set up with a huge camp! It's as coherent as a 3 year old's story. I have so much difficulty that anyone involved in this, from the producers to the actors, read this before getting involved? What about the director? It's just so horrible.