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Hijack (2023)

2023 · Drama,Thriller · spy-contemporary, contemporary-realistic

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Hijack is a British thriller built around a single high-concept premise: a seven-episode series depicting a plane hijacking in real time, with each episode representing one hour of the flight. Idris Elba plays an elite corporate negotiator who improvises to protect passengers and crew. The show prioritises kinetic plot momentum and sustained suspense over procedural realism or deep character study, and reviewers are divided between those who find the tension irresistible and those derailed by the numerous logical inconsistencies in aviation, policing, and villain behaviour. The show works best for viewers who treat it as an adrenaline-delivery mechanism and can bracket plausibility concerns.

From the reviewers

This is unlike any role Elba has played before and he absolutely knocks it out of the park.
This is a show that's probably best watched binged because you're not going to want to wait week to week for an episode.
So many inaccuracies and unrealistic scenarios are saved by a stellar Brit cast, with Idris Elba and Archie Panjabi as the cool protagonists
The suspense and trying to figure out how things are going to pan out makes this a pretty enjoyable watch in my view.
the characters have plenty of depth to make them interesting and three dimensional

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