Hijack (Apple TV+)

[Marty McFourth]

Release Date: June 28, 2023

Cast and characters​

• Idris Elba as Sam Nelson
• Archie Panjabi as Zahra Gahfoor
• Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson
• Max Beesley as DI Daniel Farrell
• Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair
• Neil Maskell as Stuart Atterton
• Kate Phillips as Collette
• Jasper Britton
• Harry Michell
• Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou
• Mohamed Elsandel as Jaden
• Ben Miles as Robin Allen
• Holly Aird as Amanda
• Gretchen Egolf as Adelaide
• Antonia Salib as Leesha
• Zora Bishop as Deevia
• Fatima Adoum as Rashida
• Ananya Chadha
• Nebras Jamali as Nasir
• Lucia Aliu as Lizzy Blakefield
• Mei Henri as Naomi
• Chantelle Alle as Kacey

Synopsis: Sam, a talented business negotiator, must use his skills to broker a peaceful end to a hijacking of a flight from Dubai to London.

Trailer:

 

[Marty McFourth]

New show with Idris Elba in the lead is always a welcome sight and premise sounds fun, I'll definitely give this a go

 

[Wiseman]

I mean it's fucking Idris, count me in.

 

[Marty McFourth]

I really enjoyed this show a lot. I had a feeling I would do so just because of Idris Elba being in it. As expected, he put in a stellar performance and was entertaining in the leadring role. I would definitely recommend this to any fans of his previous work.The feeling of the show gave me some vibes of 24, especially with usage of real-time to drive the plot, just on a much shorter scale of 7 hours. I like that it helps keep the flow going and it makes this a very bingeable series. It does have a couple flaws but the main thing is that it remains entertaining throughout. I never was bored any second watching this. It was very fun. The concept is just fantastic and Elba keeps your attention.