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Originally Posted by BigSteph
I read the original two books and liked them.
What surprised me was when the movie was announced. I was thinking it would take some ex-wrestler or maybe a Hugh Jackman big guy to do the role. Instead, as we know, it was Tom Cruise.
The books focused often on how wide and tall he was and how that affected how people dealt (or chose not to deal) with him.
I thought it was a sellout to cast Cruise as Reacher.
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I've read all the Reacher books up to the last two.
I can think of 2 fights in all the books where there was any doubt who was going to win. One was "Paulie" in Persuader.
Every other fight was utter domination by Reacher. I _liked_ this aspect for one very important reason. It meant that plots had to revolve around something else. No long and drawn out melee battle hinged the plot line. Reacher engaged, neutralized and moved on. It turns the plot into an "action mystery" instead of an action book.
Tom cruise however had who knows how many of these fights where he's getting bested by the bad guys, over and over but overcomes in the end. *meh*. Movie garbage.