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The Day of the Jackal takes place
Story
The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living by carrying out murders for top dollar. He soon meets his match: a dogged British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. The novel is set in 1963 and concerns an assassination attempt on then French President Charles de Gaulle.
Remake of The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The show shifts the setting to the current era. I noticed the strong commentary of “Where did we go wrong?” Casting Redmayne was the perfect choice for this remake of a classic. The big mistake was casting the female lead with Lashana Lynch, the female MI6 agent.
She comes across as inexperienced for this role
As if she was trying too hard to impress and paying less attention to her character role that should have gone to a more experienced actress. They should have cast a more confident and experienced actress like Christine Adams. I will admit that the rest of the cast was fine and the acting was decent.
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The story and production were spot on for me and kept me hooked on the action scenes with Redmayne. I was tempted to fast forward through all of the Lashana Lynch parts as they got very annoying. A new season of Silo is one of the biggest TV and streaming premieres this month.