Réal P.

This new TV show was set out to polarize from the start, I'm sure Donald knew it, didn't care, and that's what makes it so great. If you're looking for a straight forward script, mission impossible action sequences with one liners and the occasional farcical jokes to stir some family chuckles here and there, don't bother. If this doesn't feel over the top, its because these two characters don't need to do that, the jokes are a little more sophisticated, observational and deadpan, its for a different crowd.You can expect some character build up and slow plot development, Donald wants you to organically relate to these characters and how they came to fall in love. Unlike the 2005 movie adaptation, they look and feel normal, they just happened to have abnormal jobs of spying on marks and killing targets.

Hijack is an adrenaline rush, its non-stop white-knuckling scene after scene, everything is in real time, no long character build up, we just have a life or death situation here, and that's it. So for an audience who needs a jolt of pure intensity and suspense on screen, the series delivers. In a time where thrillers struggle to thrill, Hijack does exactly that from start to finish, and I mean always with a plot twist at the end of each episode leaving you salivating for the next. Are some parts in the story over the top? Yes. Are the villains or their motives sensational? Yes, even unbelievable at times. But perhaps, that's why it worked.