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Hijack Season 2 comes up with a fairly novel way of the same sh*t happening to the same guy twice, but it’s ultimately too self-serious and hemmed in by familiarity to really work.
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A lesser if still compelling outing for Idris Elba’s have-a-go hero as he once again navigates the perils of public transport.
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With its too-classic feel and overly-modern design, Hijack season 2 is engaging but simply unremarkable, and better binge-watched in March.
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“Hijack” is not an ambitious series. And yet Season 2 still isn’t ambitious enough. It doesn’t do the work to magnify Elba’s charisma, utilize its subway setting, or design a payoff worth the time it takes to get there.
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Instead of a streamlined storyline aided by a robust throughline of taut tension, the season is a jumble of plot points stretching between the past and the present. As a result, it becomes clunky, cumbersome and wearisome.
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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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