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Topic: The Day of the Jackal

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The Day of the Jackal is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. Re-imagined into a contemporary political setting, it centers on a ruthless British assassin, known only as the "Jackal", and the intelligence officer tasked with capturing him.

First episode looks very promising.
Eddie Redmanye plays his role perfectly and the rest of the cast looks solid so far.
Directing is great, writing (dialogue) is ok.

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That little smirk at the end of the episode - you know what's coming smile

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Re: The Day of the Jackal

Interesting! smile

Is it really just "Drama, Thriller"? The trailer makes it look like it's also a good amount of action.

P.S.: I've updated the show info, for some reason it was about the 1973 TDotJ movie. cool

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Re: The Day of the Jackal

lighton wrote:

Interesting! smile

Is it really just "Drama, Thriller"? The trailer makes it look like it's also a good amount of action.

P.S.: I've updated the show info, for some reason it was about the 1973 TDotJ movie. cool

It started off with action, about the first 20 minutes, then it became pure "Drama, Thriller" - it looks like it's going to be a good mix inbetween.

Shows that deserved more runtime:
Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Company You Keep | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier

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Thanks - I've really enjoyed 1x1! smile Quality from start to finish!

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Thanks for posting about this show! It is definitely one of my favorite new shows this fall.

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Yes, 1x2 also was good. NO major issues. smile

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Re: The Day of the Jackal

Five Episodes in and still liking it.

Not sure though what to think of Bianca...

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She is the kind of character that I would usually like, hard and unforgiving.
But they manage to really draw on her worser character traits, making her almost completely unlikable.

But since the show is called "The Day of the Jackal" I don't feel bad rooting for the Assassin smile

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Love it so far! And yes, one of the few shows which make it easy to like the bad guy. And to be honest, do not care at least for the good guys.

Aaaaaaand.... for once... as a German by birth, finally a show where they managed to not gobble up the German. Some speakers have some - even heavy - accent, but all of them talking somewhat believable German.

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Aaaaaaand.... for once... as a German by birth, finally a show where they managed to not gobble up the German. Some speakers have some - even heavy - accent, but all of them talking somewhat believable German.

Haha, yes, I always shudder when they use an American actor/ actress who had some European language in high school pretending to be from that country. Cringe! big_smile

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