![]() There are many other pieces here in service of getting to the truth, like Constance Wu’s Katie, an intriguing character in the wrong show. Reece’s questions are only the beginning for other matters of business that seek to be as explosive and twisty as possible. ![]() ![]() But unlike with Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan, if “The Terminal List” were a person you would not shake their hand. “The Terminal List” turns Reece into the mega American action hero, one who has the skills and physical fortitude because of his Navy SEAL training, not to mention the connections (like frogman buddy Ben, who provides some whiffs of comedic relief) who have technology and planes for getaways. But this does not even feign to have the composure of those stories, instead embracing every massive gut-punching beat and conspiracy that it can for their sensations, and then applying the soothing nature of Reece's Navy SEAL training to make it all better. “The Terminal List” exists well within the Prime Video collection of these book-approved JR heroes protecting America's truth and values, as seen with Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan. ![]() In action movie speak, it’s “Rambo: First Blood” that thinks like “Rambo: First Blood Part II.” And because “Rambo: First Blood” is not what cemented Rambo’s pop culture status, you can imagine what a big hit “The Terminal List” is bound to become, especially for anyone looking to identify with Reece. Instead “The Terminal List” just embraces him for the violence he can unleash. The series practically forgets his initial placement as an unreliable protagonist, as unstable and tragic in a system that is not helping him, and that has done psychological damage by sending him to war over and over. But what’s bizarre about this show, if not poor taste, is how much its rambling plotting plays into conspiracy theory wish fulfillment-it’s full of that affirming horror that Reece is right: It’s all even worse and more expansive than it looks, and that only he can stop it. This business works in unexpected ways I am sure Riley Keough will be the first to agree.Based on the novel by Jack Carr, with that doozy of a pilot directed by Antoine Fuqua, “The Terminal List” more or less takes place within the mind of someone who is shown to not be right in the head. Despite acclaim for her acting roles in the likes of American Honey, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Devil All The Time, The Terminal List, Zola, Magic Mike, and of course her breakout performance in the series, The Girlfriend Experience, she has never faced the challenge she does in this hit limited series which was not only a huge hit on Amazon, generated Emmy buzz, but also has produced a hit album, “Aurora” putting her right in the musical league with her mother and grandfather she never thought possible, or even attempted. Sure, she is Elvis Presley’s granddaugher and Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter, but Riley Keough has in the past few years established herself with a solid acting career in her own right and her own name, one that continues to shine right up to her current starring role in as Daisy Jones in Amazon’s limited series, Daisy Jones & The Six, playing a 70’s style rock star ala Stevie Nicks and others of the era.
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