Top 10 Reacher Fights

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3..2...1... Fight! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the most memorably choreographed and awesomely brutal action scenes on Amazon Prime’s “Reacher”. Beware of major spoilers ahead.

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00:00 "Hey! I think it might be just you and me now, Reacher!"

00:05 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the most memorably choreographed

00:10 and awesomely brutal action scenes on Amazon Prime's Reacher.

00:14 Beware of major spoilers ahead.

00:17 "Are we gonna die?"

00:20 "Let's find out."

00:22 Number 10. Snipers at the Funeral

00:27 "Get down!"

00:30 "I got you, come on, get out of here, go!"

00:34 The 1/10th can't find peace when laying one of their own to rest.

00:38 While attending Calvin Franz's funeral, Reacher spots two extra rifles during the

00:43 21-gun salutes.

00:45 The crowd disperses as the snipers open fire, and the 1/10th sneak around tombstones with

00:50 pistols out.

00:51 "Alright, I'll draw their fire, you take them out."

00:55 "Negative!"

00:56 "You're a great shot."

00:58 "You're a slow runner."

00:59 After Neely eliminates one of the shooters from a distance, Reacher and Russo chase down

01:03 the other for violent questioning.

01:06 This funeral crash throws a solemn occasion into a dynamic set piece.

01:11 Though the suspense is limited by confidence in the hero's survival, it asserts that

01:15 they're never safe from danger with new age.

01:18 The intel that their comrade Tony Swann ordered the hit is enough to round out the tension.

01:23 "And who hired you?"

01:25 "Some guy called Swann."

01:26 Number 9.

01:28 Back Alley Battle Reacher picking up his brother Joe's investigation

01:32 only gets more pressing when he and Roscoe find a list of phone numbers.

01:44 Just then, a pair of mercenaries attempt a drive-by shooting that turns into a cat-and-mouse

01:49 shootout.

01:50 This shocking sequence packs in a diverse array of action styles to hold the audience's

01:55 breath.

01:56 Reacher lures the attacker's car into a back alley, then takes one of them out.

02:00 Now things are personal for this mercenary's partner and cousin.

02:12 Luckily Roscoe catches up just in time to end the ensuing fight… for good.

02:18 One of Reacher's closest brushes with death reminds us how much the big man depends on

02:23 backup.

02:30 Number 8.

02:32 Prison Bathroom The towering Jack Reacher's fighting skills

02:36 are first showcased during a brief stint in prison.

02:50 Granted his one-sided brawl with an unwanted cell visitor is more of a show of brute strength.

02:56 However, Reacher needs to be much more coordinated when a group of inmates are hired to assassinate

03:01 him in the bathroom.

03:09 He manages to expertly dispense with all of them before guards show up to the rumble's

03:14 bloody aftermath.

03:16 This pilot episode scene firmly establishes the show's distinct flair for frenzied violence,

03:22 even against the action star.

03:24 Needless to say, you wouldn't want to mess with Reacher, even in the most vulnerable

03:28 settings.

03:33 Number 7.

03:35 Construction Site Destruction The one-tenth take their investigation into

03:46 Franz's death to Atlantic City, to get around police.

03:50 However, they cannot bypass New Age's mercenaries.

03:54 Reacher and Dixon are out one night when they lead some goons into an empty construction

03:58 site.

04:04 Reacher engages one with a cinder block before hurtling him onto a pile of them.

04:08 He then takes down another enemy, whom he ends up eliminating with the help of wet cement.

04:14 Given by the show's standards, this is a gruesome battle.

04:18 Reacher himself admits he should have spared one of the mercenaries for questioning.

04:29 At least the skilled fighter delivers particularly heavy thrills when he gets carried away.

04:34 Number 6.

04:35 The Stairwell A suited-up Reacher is impersonating a lawyer

04:39 to question someone about a counterfeiting ring in New York.

04:50 When a henchman is dispatched to follow him on the street, the pair end up dueling with

04:54 a blade and a bike tire in an alleyway.

05:01 Reacher eventually uses his tie defensively as he climbs an apartment stairwell.

05:09 He ultimately wraps it around the enemy strategically, then finishes things off with the help of

05:14 his own body weight.

05:16 The episode goes out on one of the show's more creatively choreographed action scenes,

05:21 with a uniquely harsh kill.

05:23 Leave it to Reacher to have one of his messiest fights when he's at his dressiest.

05:34 Number 5.

05:35 Ambushing Langston Using new age employee Marlo Burns to lure

05:45 Shane Langston to a bus yard was always a risky move.

05:49 Tragedy does indeed strike after Guy Russo is tailed by goons while protecting the woman's

05:54 daughter.

05:55 When Marlo's visible panic blows the set up, the 1/10th takes out Langston's car and

05:59 henchman.

06:04 Bus guardrails sure aren't protective when Reacher uses them.

06:08 Langston escapes by helicopter, though, and members of the 1/10th head to finish off Russo's

06:13 pursuers.

06:14 Sadly, they arrive only after the detective is fatally shot.

06:18 It was the show's first major hero death during an action sequence.

06:23 The heartbreaking turn doesn't spoil the thrill of his and the 1/10th's two-front

06:30 battle.

06:31 If anything, it raises the stakes for Reacher's final confrontation with Langston.

06:41 Number 4.

06:43 Explosive Break-In The 1/10th turned the table when they deduced

06:52 that a house in Queens would be filled with new age mercenaries.

06:56 After making a noisy entrance with an explosive, they sneak around the house to take out the

07:00 surviving goons.

07:02 The team emerges in bloody victory by gun, knife, and brass knuckle.

07:07 And when Reacher pursues a new age employee driving by, he uses a grill to stop the car.

07:12 The white-collar villain having a fatal heart attack may not help the 1/10th's investigation.

07:27 But it's pretty perfect punctuation to the escalating intensity of this set piece.

07:32 Showing off the 1/10th's individual combat skills and adaptiveness, this is one of the

07:36 show's most complete spectacles.

07:46 Number 3.

07:47 Home Invasion With the Hubble family away, Reacher occupies

07:59 their house in Don's war paint.

08:01 He's all ready for the arrival of Dawson Kleiner's hit squad.

08:05 He waits outside in the rain to execute the driver and one of the gunmen.

08:09 Then it's back in the house to take out the other three with dwindling discretion.

08:14 Reacher just barely manages to finish off the last skilled killer in the pool as he

08:18 gets attacked with a crowbar.

08:20 As achingly meticulous as this sequence is, the mighty Reacher ends up suffering a lot

08:25 of damage.

08:26 It's a nail-biting reminder of just how formidable Kleiner's top men were.

08:30 Their last stand was every bit as gripping as anticipated.

08:41 Number 2.

08:43 Warehouse Raid Reacher and his team need all the firepower

08:52 they can get when they raid Kleiner's warehouse, where Roscoe and others are held hostage.

08:58 The heat is literally on when Finley uses a cigarette to start a major fire.

09:03 The heroes take out an army of henchmen in the fiery chaos.

09:07 It's all very quintessential action climax.

09:10 But the sequence exemplifies the show's unique skill in balancing massive spectacle

09:15 with tightly choreographed catharsis.

09:27 At one point, the usually buttoned-up Finley eliminates the formidable Picard with a hydraulic

09:32 press.

09:33 And Reacher finally avenges his brother by kicking KJ into the flames.

09:38 From the explosive shootout to satisfying villain kills, the Warehouse Raid caps off

09:42 season one with every blowout you could want.

10:10 Number 1.

10:14 Langston's Downfall Fans had something to look forward to when

10:17 Reacher told Shane Langston, "I want to throw you out of a helicopter."

10:21 But before the second season's ultimate payoff, Dixon and O'Donnell must be rescued from

10:26 a New Age facility.

10:28 Langston escapes yet another epic shootout on his chopper, while Reacher infiltrates

10:33 on takeoff.

10:34 He then simultaneously battles henchman Parker and keeps the captive Dixon from falling out

10:39 of the aircraft.

10:40 She ultimately frees herself from the gurney to finish off Parker.

10:44 With Langston now defenseless, Reacher finally fulfills his promise.

10:55 The villain's fate was sealed when he threw Calvin Franz from a helicopter in the season's

10:59 opening scene.

11:01 But the way Reacher delivers that fate epitomizes the show's making the most of action-packed

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