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All the components for a helluva good time are here. Ritchson hasn’t lost a step as America’s 21st century answer to the wandering anti-hero archetype, and the show hasn’t forgotten what made the first iteration so entertaining: lots of satisfying ass-kicking by way of a WWE-sized Sherlock Holmes-type. What’s not to love?
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Reacher is the series that stands as the "crème de la crème" of Dad TV, and Season 2 only helps cement its status. It's not even a guilty pleasure; it's just good television.
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Reacher proves once again that it’s not just a good show, but a great one. Eleven stars out of five. It is also—obviously—a really bad one. But its badness is absolutely flawless, ultimately only contributing to its greatness.
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[Ritchson's] intimidating presence (and ability to lace it with mordant humor) goes a long way toward establishing this saga as one of the best things to happen to the beat-‘em-up genre in decades.
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In season two, he’s got backup in the form of some also lethal old friends, as well as another personal score to settle. This series understands what it does best, and honors its source material by casting the correct version of its main character.
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A little corny, sure, but big fun.
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While the investigative work is absorbing and the badinage lively enough, it boils down to the ultraviolence, which is relentlessly inventive and overblown. The final episode's set-pieces would slot smoothly into Commando or Raw Deal, and there can be no higher praise than that.
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An unpretentious and well-paced mix of investigation and extrajudicial retaliation, Reacher season 2 is purpose-built Friday night TV. That is, perfect for pounding popcorn while Reacher pounds away onscreen – mostly into the faces and fleshy bits of scattered salvoes of assorted scumbags.
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A brawnier, funnier, and more potently entertaining season than its inaugural outing. No wonder Season 3 has already been greenlit.
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The second season of Reacher is confident and assured in a way that's rare for genre shows these days.
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Robert Patrick is the antagonist this season, but the show doesn't rely on household names to draw you in, and that feels like a higher level of difficulty than a lot of what's coming out of Hollywood. The show has to work on its own merits, and that comes down to the writing, which tweaks the Reacher persona in some delightful ways.
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A guilty pleasure? Sure. The bone-crunching battle scenes are outrageously violent, improbable and as formulaic as the plotting, but also satisfying in the way that we're drawn to James Bond's or John Wick's remorseless dispatching of enemies. [8 - 28 Jan, p.8]
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The story is solid, has twists aplenty and the bad guys are reprimanded with appropriate severity. The principal villain is loathsome enough to sustain indignation throughout the season.
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Overall, the sophomore season of "Reacher" is an entertaining mix of contrasts: compassion and vengeance, quirkiness and rigidity, status quo and subversion.
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