1 week Ago By Pierra Willix
A new British political thriller series being compared to The Night Manager has left fans ‘hooked’ after tuning in. Released last week, The Day of the Jackal is based on the 1971 book by Frederick Forsyth about a lone wolf and his global scale threat. The 10-episode series stars Eddie Redmayne as ‘the Jackal’ , an ‘unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee’.
However, after one kill, he meets his match in tenacious British intelligence officer Bianca ( Lashana Lynch ), who makes efforts to track him down in a ‘thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake’. The 1973 film adaptation starred Edward Fox and was widely regarded as one of the greatest political thrillers in cinema, however the TV series has also been praised by critics and fans alike since hitting screens. Picking up an impressive 90% rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes, viewers have called it ‘action-packed’, ‘gripping’ and ‘engaging’.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video ‘The Day of the Jackal is top tier television. Elite so far,’ user A_Pount posted on X. ‘Stunning TV series! Masterfully written, directed and performed!’ Emanuela shared.
‘Looking for an incredibly intense, edge-of-your-seat new series to get hooked on? Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal starring Eddie Redmayne is hands down one of the year’s best new dramas,’ Rebecca added. Others praised Oscar winner Eddie, with one saying he was ‘absolutely mesmerising’. ‘I want the Jackal to get away with it all so badly!’ another fan declared.
Speaking to Metro at the show’s premiere last month, the actor explained how he was inspired by the performance that Edward gave in the 1973 movie. More Trending Sky Broadband goes down leaving hundreds without the internet Colin Farrell 'excited' after Batman twist in explosive finale of The Penguin Actor rejected return for best TV series of 2024 due to ‘violence towards women’ 20 stomach-churning films that made people vomit and pass out at the cinema ‘I grew up on this. I grew up on the original Day of the Jackal, Edward Fox,’ he shared.
‘There was a kind of like casual, ruthless, debonair quality to him, the kind of peacocking thing that I loved, and also the shape-shifting quality that kind of defines him as a character. ‘So, I feel pretty thrilled to have got to play this guy.’ Londoners upset as spot that was 'amazing in the 90s' to be replaced What I Rent: I'm a YouTube star paying £3,000 per month for my Tottenham 2-bed The world's 'loneliest' house is so lonely that no one has ever lived there We live in a £69,000 tiny home — but it's not as cheap as it looks For £650,000, you could live like royalty in this tiny European country The Day of the Jackal is streaming on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
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