'Reacher' review: The series stands tall among crime thrillers

'I sure hope they didn't cast me just to make you look, er, big.' Photos: Handout

As viewing choices for fans of hard-boiled crime thrillers go, it's not that big a stretch to say that Reacher is right up there with the good stuff.

A small-screen reboot of Lee Child's famous (giant) drifter and ex-Military Policeman hero's adventures after two big-screen efforts with Tom Cruise (one very good, the other merely decent), Reacher stars Alan Ritchson (Titans, Smallville) – and if first impressions ever mattered, the actor certainly makes a visually striking case for more seasons to be produced.