37-535: The Hard Way may refer to: Books [ edit ] The Hard Way (novel) , a 2006 novel by Lee Child featuring fictional character Jack Reacher The Hard Way , the eighth trade paperback collection of the comic book series 100 Bullets ; see 100 Bullets Film and TV [ edit ] The Hard Way (1916 film) , a silent British movie directed by Walter West The Hard Way (1943 film) , an American drama starring Ida Lupino The Hard Way (1980 film) ,
74-434: A Jack Reacher series based on Child's novels and that there would be no more Reacher films. He also said that Tom Cruise would no longer portray the character and that another actor would be cast in the role, citing the height difference between the fictional character and Cruise remarking that he was going to try and find the perfect guy. Amazon was chosen to develop the series for Prime Video with Nick Santora as
111-426: A gene evolved to prevent inbreeding . As a result "every generation and every small band had at least one person who had to wander" leading to "mixing up of gene pools " being "healthier all around." Reacher is proficient in hand-to-hand combat. While not a master in any discipline, he tends to incorporate moves from various styles. He also has strong deduction skills and is an exceptional investigator. Reacher
148-581: A series of crime thriller novels by British author Lee Child , a 2012 film adaptation , its 2016 sequel , and a television series on Amazon Prime Video . In the stories, Jack Reacher was a major in the U.S. Army's military police . After leaving the Army, Reacher roamed the United States, taking odd jobs, investigating suspicious and dangerous situations, and resolving them. As of 24 October 2023 , there are 28 novels and short stories in
185-512: A "bulked-up greyhound". He also reveals that his size is purely genetic; he says in Persuader and Never Go Back that he is not much of an exercise enthusiast. He has various scars, including some roughly stitched on his abdomen following a bombing in Lebanon . The 2012 action thriller film Jack Reacher was adapted from the 9th novel, 2005's One Shot, and stars Tom Cruise in
222-435: A 1992 album by Clint Black The Hard Way (213 album) , a 2004 album by American rap group 213 The Hard Way (Owsley album) , a 2004 album by Owsley The Hard Way (Tinsley Ellis album) , 2004 The Hard Way (James Hunter album) , a 2008 album by James Hunter Songs [ edit ] "The Hard Way", a 1945 song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke "The Hard Way" (The Kinks song) ,
259-552: A 2007 single by Thirsty Merc "The Hardway", a song by Christian music band dc Talk on their 1992 album Free at Last "The Hard Way", a song by the Turnpike Troubadours from the 2017 album A Long Way from Your Heart "The Hard Way" (Pnau and Khalid song) , a 2023 song by Pnau and Khalid See also [ edit ] Hardway (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
296-459: A British TV film with Patrick McGoohan and Lee Van Cleef The Hard Way (1991 film) , an American buddy cop film starring Michael J. Fox and James Woods Music [ edit ] The Hard Way, an electronic music band consisting of Limewax , Bong-Ra, and DJ Thrasher Albums [ edit ] Hard Way , 1990 album by Show-Ya The Hard Way (Steve Earle album) , a 1990 album by Steve Earle The Hard Way (Clint Black album) ,
333-410: A blond, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, 250-pound man in the novels, while Cruise is a 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall brunet. In 2012, Child commented on Cruise's casting, "Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force, which Cruise portrays in his own way." On 14 November 2018, Child announced a deal with Skydance Television and Paramount Television to produce
370-556: A loner who seems never so happy—rather like Agent Cooper in "Twin Peaks"—as when sitting quietly in a diner with a cup of black coffee and a piece of pie, he has an uncanny knack for stumbling into the worst kinds of trouble, almost none of it connected to himself." Michael Cavacini concurred, saying unlike traditional whodunits , where a detective "simply solves a problem because it's his job", Reacher has no formal reason to be involved in anything and consequently "seems to always wind up in
407-464: A month later, dead in a vacant lot. Patti Joseph, Anne's sister, is convinced Lane had ordered Anne's murder on disguised as a kidnapping because she'd asked for a divorce and a hefty settlement. Patti watches Lane's apartment month after month and passes info to an NYPD detective who passes it along to Lauren Pauling, a retired FBI agent who'd worked the first kidnapping. As Lane's African operation had been drawing to an ignominious close, Lane engineered
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#1732779652274444-479: A second mercenary, Hobart had suffered terribly in prison camp. Knight died, the other Clay James Hobart made it back to the States. Pauling and Reacher find Hobart living with his widowed sister Dee Marie Graziano, whose door they break down, only to discover Hobart is near death after the prison camp torture: he's emaciated, toothless, a quadruple amputee, ill with malaria and tuberculosis. Dee Marie had visited Kate at
481-421: A situation where something goes wrong and he must make right". Child views Jack Reacher as a "happy-go-lucky guy. He has quirks and problems, but the thing is, he doesn't know he's got them. Hence, no tedious self-pity. He's smart and strong, an introvert , but any anguish he suffers is caused by others." He was asked about the casting of Tom Cruise in the role of Jack Reacher. Cruise's casting as Jack Reacher
518-575: A song by The Kinks from the 1976 album Schoolboys in Disgrace "The Hard Way", a song by Johnny Cash from the 1981 album The Baron "The Hard Way" (Mary Chapin Carpenter song) , a single by Mary Chapin Carpenter from the 1992 album Come On Come On "The Hard Way", a song by Kasey Chambers from the 1999 album The Captain "The Hard Way", a song by Fort Minor from the 2005 album The Rising Tied "The Hard Way" (Thirsty Merc song) ,
555-420: Is a skilled marksman and the only non- Marine to win the U.S. Marine Corps 1000-yard Invitational rifle competition . Reacher has a love for music, especially blues . That affinity inspires Reacher to get off the bus at the start of Killing Floor . He also speaks of it to detectives investigating an early-morning suicide on a near-deserted New York subway near a blues club on Bleecker Street . He
592-410: Is described as being 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall, weighing 210–250 pounds (95–113 kg) and having a 50-inch (130 cm) chest. In Never Go Back , he is described as having "a six-pack like a cobbled city street, a chest like a suit of NFL armor, biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue." In his youth, his physical appearance was likened to that of
629-532: Is possible—with restraint. In the world we live in...we are overpoliced. Our contemporary fantasy is about lawlessness: about what would happen if the institutions of civility melted away and all we were left with was a hard-muscled, rangy guy who could do all the necessary calculations in his head to insure that the bad guy got what he had coming. That's why there are rarely any police in Reacher novels—or judges or courts or lawyers or any discussion or consideration of
666-443: Is scathing in his dismissal of traditional religious proselytizing. In A Wanted Man Reacher admits that he is a bad driver. He doesn't have a driver's license. In Without Fail Agent Froelich searches various databases for Reacher, only to discover he is rendered nearly untraceable because, without a driver's license, he has no photograph or address in government records. Reacher admits to indulging in casual sex . Reacher
703-567: Is the tenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child , first published on 16 May 2006. This book is written in the third person. In a downtown Manhattan coffee shop Jack Reacher watches a man unlock a Mercedes and drive away. 24 hours later, in the same coffeehouse, he's approached, interrogated, and then driven to The Dakota where he meets Edward Lane and five ex-military soldiers, part of Lane's private mercenary army. Lane offers Reacher payment for his eye-witness description of
740-491: The Reacher series. Four of the novels were adapted for cinema and television. Two of the adaptations are films starring Tom Cruise as Reacher: Jack Reacher (2012) from the ninth novel, One Shot ; and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) from the eighteenth novel, Never Go Back . The third adaption, Reacher , is a television series on Amazon Prime Video , starring Alan Ritchson . The first season, adapted from
777-530: The Lane house in the Hamptons, warning her about Lane. Lane, through his own channels, finds out Hobart survived; his men fan out searching hospitals - it's clear that Hobart, though innocent, is a loose end and will be killed if found. Pauling and Reacher rush to warn Hobart and Dee Marie to flee, but it's too late, Lane and his men are outside. Reacher heads them off and tells Lane that for $ 1 million he'll deliver
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#1732779652274814-442: The chivalrous knight errant of medieval lore, as opposed to an anti-hero tormented by addiction and haunted by past misbehavior. The character's name first came to Lee Child while he was in a supermarket when an old lady, noting the span of Child's arms, asked for his help in reaching a can of pears. Many have commented on similarities between Lee Child and his fictional character. Child tends to agree with such observations: "I
851-431: The coffee shop where Reacher had been sitting - the man Reacher had seen drive off was the kidnapper. After the ransom retrieval the victims are not returned. The kidnappers subsequently ask for $ 5 million and then an additional $ 4.5 million. The total comprises half the $ 21 million haul Lane had netted in an African operation. Kate and Jade are not returned. Lane's first wife, Anne, had also been kidnapped; she'd been found
888-468: The death of the mercenary he'd had kill Anne by leaving him and a second mercenary to be captured and killed, contrary to the military's vow to bring every man home. The police find a body floating in the Hudson; everybody assumes it is the chauffeur Graham Taylor. The kidnappers don't call. It's assumed Kate and Jade are dead. Pauling has a Pentagon contact who tells Reacher that Anne's murderer, Knight, and
925-458: The first novel, Killing Floor , premiered on 4 February 2022. The second season, from Bad Luck and Trouble , premiered 14 December 2023. The series was renewed for a third season. Lee Child was unemployed when he wrote Killing Floor after being fired as a presentation director for Granada Television . Some have said that the character is an antidote to stereotypical male antiheroes. Otto Penzler wrote that Reacher's character reflects
962-432: The guy who stole the car; hearing that Reacher is an ex-Army CID investigator, Lane offers to put him on the payroll at $ 25,000 a month to help find his wife Kate and as an afterthought, Kate's daughter Jade. The pair, along with the chauffeur Graham Taylor, a British ex-SAS employee, disappeared while on a shopping trip to Bloomingdale's . The kidnapper initially tells Lane to put $ 1 million in his Mercedes and park it near
999-482: The henchmen follow. Reacher has brought the phone number of Taylor's closest relative found as a speed dial shortcut and a local detective finds that Taylor's sister, Susan Jackson, is living on a newly-purchased, isolated farm in Norfolk. Pauling and Reacher drive out there, confirm Taylor's presence, and return to London. Reacher demands the promised million from Lane in exchange for the address, but as he's describing
1036-413: The kidnapper's name the following day. He tells Pauling he'll use the money to pay her and to pay for a good clinic, rehab, and living expenses for Hobart. They figure out that Graham Taylor, Kate and Jade's chauffeur when they were kidnapped, was the kidnapper. He concealed his English accent by faking mutism and hid the victims in his own apartment. He's now flown back to England so Reacher, Lane, and all
1073-514: The law. Others are critical of the various implausibilities and contradictions present in the character and his behavior. The Washington Post journalist Kevin Nance wrote: The unlikelihoods and outright impossibilities stack up. Ever a frugal sort... Reacher travels mostly by hitchhiking... even though the practice is roughly as current as bellbottoms and even though his appearance is, as previously established, notably simian... (A)lthough he's
1110-460: The location he suddenly realizes Kate left New York of her own free will and she and Jade are at the Jackson farm; Taylor had rescued, not kidnapped, them. Reacher races Lane and his men back to Norfolk and the showdown ends with Lane and his men dead, Reacher moves on. Kate and Jade now live with Taylor and his sister's family on the farm. Jack Reacher Jack Reacher is the protagonist of
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1184-425: The title role. The film was directed by Christopher McQuarrie . Cruise reprised the role in the sequel, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back , an adaptation of the 18th Jack Reacher book, Never Go Back , which was directed by Edward Zwick and released 21 October 2016. Tom Cruise's casting was met with criticism from fans of the book series, primarily because of the disparity in their heights, with Reacher portrayed as
1221-461: Was assigned to the military police and, as a major , ultimately led a special unit that was tasked with difficult cases. Reacher won numerous awards during his military service and his commanding officer, Leon Garber, promoted him twice in 18 months. After leaving the Army, he became a drifter . After the September 11 attacks , with restrictions on wire transfers in the light of fraud he
1258-834: Was born on a military base in Berlin, on 29 October 1960. His mother, Josephine Moutier Reacher (née Moutier), was French . Jack speaks some French . His maternal grandfather was at the Battle of Verdun in the First World War and in the French Resistance in the Second World War. Reacher's father was in the military. Reacher himself enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point. Commissioned as an Army officer, he
1295-524: Was huge as a kid and Reacher's stature is me translated as a kid." Malcolm Gladwell wrote in The New Yorker of a difference between the symbolism of the Reacher character and of traditional Western characters: The traditional Western was a fantasy about lawfulness: it was based on a longing for order among those who had been living without it for too long. The heroes conduct themselves according to strict rules of chivalry. They act—insofar as it
1332-582: Was met with criticism from fans of the book series, primarily because the disparity in their heights. Reacher is portrayed as 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall and weighing 250 pounds in the novels, while Cruise is 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m). Child replied that "Reacher's size in the books is a metaphor for an unstoppable force". In physique and appearance, Child has compared him to rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio . Lee Child said that he drew inspiration from his own life as he developed stories for Jack Reacher's accomplices and family. Jack Reacher
1369-785: Was obliged to carry an ATM card and photo ID in the form of a (generally expired) American passport . Reacher, who has no background in studying genetics, claims that he is genetically predisposed to a vagrant lifestyle in Never Go Back . He says that some populations have a "natural wanderlust" such as the British Empire , the Vikings , and the Polynesians . He recognizes the economic reasons for their voyages but argues that "some of them could not stop" traveling. He believes when prehistoric humans lived in small bands
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