Missing 'Reacher'? Prime Video's 'Hanna' Is the Star-Studded Action Thriller Worth a Weekend Binge
With a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and 22 tightly plotted episodes, this David Farr thriller scratches the same itch, with a coming-of-age heart of its own.
A Reacher-shaped hole, filled
If the end of Reacher Season 4 (and its Neagley spin-off) left you restless, MovieWeb's Philip Etemesi points to an under-the-radar Prime Video pick: Hanna. It began a year before the Alan Ritchson-led hit and ran for three seasons and 22 action-packed episodes, and it scratches a very similar itch while telling a more intimate coming-of-age story.
What it's about
Created by David Farr (The Night Manager), Hanna is based on the 2011 action thriller of the same name, from a screenplay originally written by Seth Lochhead with later revisions by Farr. The series introduces Hanna (Esme Creed-Miles), a teen raised in a remote Polish forest by her father Erik (Joel Kinnaman), a former elite operative for a secret agency. His homeschooling is not the usual kind: it is fisticuffs, weapons handling and survival training, all built around a single warning, 'Always watch your back.' When Hanna finally ventures beyond the forest, she collides with a reality far different from what she was taught, and with a CIA program codenamed UTRAX to which she is connected.
Why the show beats the movie
Etemesi argues Hanna joins the club of adaptations that improve on their source, much like Ritchson's Reacher outdoing the Tom Cruise films. The 2011 movie's short runtime meant Saoirse Ronan's Hanna arrived nearly fully formed; the series gives Creed-Miles room to grow slowly, struggling with social cues and learning as she goes, which lends the whole thing a genuine coming-of-age texture. That bigger canvas lets her flex real range, feral anger, trauma and daughterly warmth in turn, and the character is richer for it.
Which season is best
Per MovieWeb, the second season is the strongest of the three, but the first and third are cited as some of the best opening and closing chapters in thriller TV, so it is worth watching the whole saga rather than cherry-picking. Fair warning: the storytelling is dense, with plot threads tied to biogenetics and reproductive health, so the dialogue rewards close attention.
The bottom line
Hanna is a smart, character-first action thriller that holds up years later, an easy recommendation for anyone chasing the next hit after Reacher and Neagley. It is streaming on Prime Video now.
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Sources
Published date reflects the original event date (2026-09-24). This article is original Skillo editorial written from the sources above; facts were verified in September 2026.
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