Two London actors is an insult. As a Bootle born Sco I consider Mendes has shown a personal dislike of Liverpool actors. He considers that accent is secondary to the story. I beg to differ. Over the years I have watched actors trying to emulate Liverpudlians with varied success but they always failed on both accent and, most importantly, humour. Bad decision Sam.

When Child’s brother took over the writing the books became more violent and Reacher, in my opinion, lost some of the mystery about him. One thing I would add is that Reacher must now be at least in his mid-late 60s. Just saying.