It’s time to unpack the best fight scene inReacherhistory!
However, the strike only made Paulie angry.
Then, Paulie promptly knocks Reacher down with a single open-palmed slap.
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With just one lone strike, Paulie rattles Reacher unlike any enemy in the series before.
With ‘Reacher’s Season 3 finale coming, casualties are virtually guaranteed.
The series depicts Paulie as a character who scares and intimidates Reacher, another fresh aspect forReacher.
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After asking Reacher if the two fought, Reacher responded, “Hoping I dont have to.
Guy’s twice my size.”
Additionally, Paulie once ripped off a commanding officers finger.
The final fight reflects the dangerous physical threat that Paulie represents to Reacher’s livelihood.
The massive fight undergoes several stages,as they fight all across the Beck estate.
It’s here whereReacher’s wits and his brains win him the fight.
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Reacher realizes that Paulie is not someone he can defeat based onpure strength and combat prowess.
Paulie wins the struggle over the machine gun and points it at Reacher, dead to rights.
However, the machine gun misfires and explodes in Paulie’s face, mortally wounding him.
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Reacher quickly sabotaged the gun, causing the misfire.
Ultimately,Reacher’s intelligence and quick thinking, rather than brute strength, won him the day.
Reacher had to take a different approach and strategy for Paulie,proving that brains trump brawn.
The fight ends poetically, using the giant machine gun that was set up in the very first episode.
Paulie used the weapon to intimidate and scare any visitors.
It’s poetic justice for the gun-running smugglers.
Needless to say, it did not disappoint.
