The Reacher Problem: Why Our Taste for Violent Storytelling Needs to Be Confronted The latest season of Amazon Prime's hit series Reacher has come to an end, with a 15 minute fight sequence that would put even the most seasoned John Wick fan to shame.
This hyper violent finale lies beneath a problem that goes far beyond good storytelling: our taste for violence.
Reacher's formula is familiar: take a larger than life protagonist, surround him with danger, and then blow it all up in a climactic showdown.