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Hijack

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Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Ratings

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Hijack

Series Details & Credits

Apple TV | Release Date: June 28, 2023

Summary: Business negotiator Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) uses his skills to save passengers on a hijacked airplane in the seven-part thriller created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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i Julia Raeside

Jan 14, 2026

Season 2 Review: The performances are pitch perfect and the script is sparing while never being so enigmatic you can’t keep up with the fast-moving story. Hijack is a class act, guaranteed to keep you guessing but never at the expense of the world it creates. Read full review

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jun 28, 2023

Season 1 Review: A lightweight but irresistible new thriller from Apple TV+. Read full review

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Jan 13, 2026

Season 2 Review: If you’ve tuned in for one minute, you’ll be there for them all. So enjoy, and I’ll see you again at the end of what promises to be another rollicking ride. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 6, 2026

Season 2 Review: There’s only so much the headliner can do to enliven a story that builds on its predecessor in predictable ways, and whose thrills, as before, are mitigated by an eight-episode, six-and-a-half-hour length that routinely dampens the action’s power. Read full review

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Empire James Dyer

Jan 13, 2026

Season 2 Review: A lesser if still compelling outing for Idris Elba’s have-a-go hero as he once again navigates the perils of public transport. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jun 27, 2023

Season 1 Review: Never truly takes flight. Still, led by its commanding leading man, it remains an intermittently watchable exercise in pulpy tension that at least has the good sense to keep things fast, taut and concise. Read full review

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Daniel D'Addario

Jun 27, 2023

Season 1 Review: Nothing “Hijack” asks him [Elba] to do feels especially novel. By series’ end, you may be tempted to clap, as nervous fliers do once their plane lands — not because the piloting was notably skillful, but because now you get to disembark. Read full review

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MurrayT57

Aug 8, 2023

Quite simply one of the best mini-series I've ever seen. You're on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

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AustinManhattan

Aug 2, 2023

This is one of the most riveting thrillers I've seen...period! It's brilliantly acted. Very realistic in tone and setting. The acting is absolutely top notch. Idris Elba is so watchable. Smart, empathetic and in control - despite nerve-wracking conditions. I'm a movie and book buff so IThis is one of the most riveting thrillers I've seen...period! It's brilliantly acted. Very realistic in tone and setting. The acting is absolutely top notch. Idris Elba is so watchable. Smart, empathetic and in control - despite nerve-wracking conditions. I'm a movie and book buff so I don't offer this review lightly. "Hijack" is one of the very best tension-packed thrillers you'll find now or in recent memory. (I've just completed the final episode so this is a full series perspective.) So....put this one on your binge list....but, be prepared to stay up all night - even once you're done watching all episodes.… Expand

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TVJerry

Aug 3, 2023

A flight from Dubai to London is the subject of this thriller. After the hijackers take over, it's up to a business negotiator (Idris Elba) to try to avert disaster, while the folks on the ground prepare for the worst. The show stars slowly, but once the plane takes off, so does the tension.A flight from Dubai to London is the subject of this thriller. After the hijackers take over, it's up to a business negotiator (Idris Elba) to try to avert disaster, while the folks on the ground prepare for the worst. The show stars slowly, but once the plane takes off, so does the tension. Before long there are genuinely gripping encounters that had me screaming at the screen. Elba plays cool with no problem, but it's the series directors who keep the stress coming. The drama is also intensified because of the confined space and the involving characters. Even though some of the plot holes were obvious, this series remains a riveting ride.… Expand

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UncleWillard

Aug 7, 2023

I really enjoyed this. Small playground, but big story. Lots of twists and turns, but no bs. I will say that the reasons behind the hijacking were a little thin, but still believable. And I didn't really care about the sub-plot of Idris Alba and his ex and son. Still, it was something II really enjoyed this. Small playground, but big story. Lots of twists and turns, but no bs. I will say that the reasons behind the hijacking were a little thin, but still believable. And I didn't really care about the sub-plot of Idris Alba and his ex and son. Still, it was something I looked forward to watching every week.… Expand

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bigb159

Jul 6, 2023

Entertaining, but...

As you watch the show, remember this phrase:"white man bad."

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vlsnbelc

Aug 3, 2023

Good but not great. The last episode had me on the edge of my seat, the best episode of the series by large.

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pukka

Sep 4, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When a writer tries to make me believe that an air controller can play with a video game while working, I start to worry about the script.
When a writer tries to convince me that you can negotiate with hijackers because you're Idris Elba and you're an incredible "business negotiator", I start to laugh hard. When a writer finds it credible that a plane pilot can brutally assault it's female copilot to let hijackers in their cockpit because if they don't someone will die, I find it absurd and I continue to laugh hard.
When a writer decides that a jailed criminal mastermind can organize the hijacking of a commercial plane from his cell with an army of accomplices, and then get out of jail and become a billionaire,I take the remote and I switch to another show.
This scenario is an abuse of viewers intellect.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 14, 2026
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 1

65
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 28, 2023