17/44
The show moves the setting to the current era
Chronology
The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.. The "Day of the Jackal" novel was set in 1963 and involved an assassination attempt on the then-President of France Charles de Gaulle.
Remake of The Day of the Jackal (1973)
First 2 eps were a solid 8.5 but then it nose-dives to a soft 6. My first complaint is the title would suggest it is a movie adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s brilliant novel but it bears zero resemblance to that story. It’s like making an adaptation of Moby Dick but without the whales.
The reason I know it nose-dives is the storyline just get’s sillier and sillier
The "crack" squad finds him and are within 50 meters, shoot off around 80 shots and nobody can get a direct hit. I hope I never need rescuing by these guys.Horses outrunning v8 police vehicles? Really.
I mean really?
But my main complaint is what I call Netflix disease. The awful padding of scenes to stretch it out to 6 eps… yeah we get it, shots of looking in room after room with no result fills the time out but add nothing to the story or character development. This should have been a 4 part series or a 3 hour movie..
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