Before storming the warehouse, Finlay lights the gasoline with a lit cigarette. The ATF did a study in which they tried to light gasoline with a cigarette over 4,000 times under various conditions with a 100% failure rate.
The mother has not aged a bit after all these years.
In Reacher's memory she is always young and beautiful. Flashbacks are rarely accurate.
In Reacher's memory she is always young and beautiful. Flashbacks are rarely accurate.
While Josephine Reacher was talking to both of her son's, she called Joe "Joseph", but she called Jack by the name "Reacher". Parents don't typically call their children by their last names.
She has always called him Reacher, as has everybody else. He corrects them if they don't. This is canon.
She has always called him Reacher, as has everybody else. He corrects them if they don't. This is canon.
In a flashback, Jack Reacher visits his dying mother while wearing his Army uniform. First error is that after departing the taxi, he does not don his cover (military parlance for hat/cap). Second error is that Reacher is VERY unshaven, which is in violation of Army grooming standards while in uniform.
Flashbacks are rarely accurate.
Flashbacks are rarely accurate.
The mother is supposedly dying of cancer or else and yet she shows a perfect skin.
Flashbacks are rarely accurate. In Reacher's memory she is always young with perfect skin.
Flashbacks are rarely accurate. In Reacher's memory she is always young with perfect skin.
Every police station contains not only weapons lockers but also body armor. If the team were taking weapons on the likelihood of meeting armed resistance, why not also take protective equipment, especially with civilian hostages involved.
There was a time factor and fitting body armor from an unfamiliar armory would take too long.
There was a time factor and fitting body armor from an unfamiliar armory would take too long.