A cat-and-mouse show just doesn’t work if you don’t believe the cat.
One might argue that the thriller is not conducive to 10-episode seasons of television. While some have pulled off the limited-series version of the genre , it’s a classification built on tension that’s just incredibly difficult to maintain over such a long stretch of streaming TV.
In this version, Eddie Redmayne turns up his creepy meter to play The Jackal, the kind of shadowy figure who shapes world politics through his assassinations but also has a wife and kid at home who have no idea who he really is in the shadows. The cat to his mouse is Bianca , the agent who finds his trail after he appears on the international radar when he commits a seemingly impossible hit, nailing his target from more than two miles away.
The biggest job in Jackal’s career comes when he’s hired to murder a tech giant before he unleashes a technology called River that will reveal the financial backing of powerful figures around the world, including business and political leaders who would rather not have their funding made public.
works in fits and starts through the sheer power of the budget and team behind it. For example, the opening 20 minutes are tight, detailing the aforementioned initial hit that starts the dominoes falling for the season. It’s essentially a two-part assassination that opens with a Radiohead tune and closes with a great alt-J track. And it would have made a great first scene in a feature film. Now, Redmayne and Lynch do no wrong here.
That said, Redmayne and Lynch will walk away from this misfire totally unscathed. He’s beloved enough in the industry, and her star will continue to rise if there’s any Hollywood justice. And in two decades or so, someone will remake
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