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Positive:
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Mixed:
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Critic Reviews
Jan 14, 2026TV Guide MagazineJun 29, 2023
Season 1 Review:
A gripping 24-style escapist thriller. [3 - 23 Jul 2023, p.6]
Jan 14, 2026
Season 2 Review:
This episode moves at an excellent pace, coming in relatively short compared to bloated streaming shows and introducing us to the players and four settings—train, embassy, control center, Marsha’s cabin—that will probably shape the season. Let’s hope the pace continues or the questions about whether or not this sophomore outing justifies its existence will only grow louder.
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Jun 28, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The shorter season length, and the confined space in which Sam, the hijackers, and the other passengers are stuck together for the duration, works wonders in keeping the tension high, without requiring the sort of silly contortions 24 so often had to try in order to fill so much time. More importantly, Hijack has Idris Elba.
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The Daily BeastJan 6, 2026
Jun 16, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Like many modern television shows, Hijack probably should have been a feature film, a format that’s a more natural fit for this brand of claustrophobic thriller. .... While it can be a little ungainly in its execution, though, Hijack succeeds simply by being a volume shooter.
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Jun 30, 2023iJun 28, 2023
Season 1 Review:
When we’re in the enclosed, claustrophobic space of the plane, the tension builds as the passengers find ways to communicate, begin to hatch plots and try to discover whether the hijackers’ guns are loaded with blanks. However, when we go to the storylines on the ground, pfffft – all that tension dissipates, like a balloon deflating.
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Jun 29, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The story loses tension and momentum as it flies into the last few episodes, stalling in much the same way the British politicians and security experts on the ground are stalling in the hopes that the plane will land before they have to comply with the hijackers’ demands. The ending includes one last surprise problem for Sam to contend with, but the final moments just don’t land.
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ColliderJun 16, 2023
Season 1 Review:
It lays out multiple subplots that make the story convoluted, and the episodes start to feel repetitive after a while. Elba does his best to carry the story, once again delivering some solid work, but it's not enough to save this new miniseries from being seized by mediocrity.
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The TelegraphJan 13, 2026
Season 2 Review:
There are plenty of twists – it’s interesting to rewatch episode one once you’ve understood what’s going on – but the plot becomes too convoluted, and the thrills are non-existent. By episode eight, if you make it that far, you’ll be desperate for Elba to be put out of his misery.
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