Die Hard 2<\/a>, pondering quite how the same shit can happen to the same guy twice. Thankfully, Smith (solo now, with Kay having returned to\u00a0Lupin\u00a0duties) opts for a\u00a0rather more\u00a0sophisticated solution than sardonic lampshading. Still grieving the death of his son, Nelson is obsessed with tracking down the criminal who masterminded the original incident (Ian Burfield),\u202fa quest that takes him to Berlin and, unfortunately, a U-Bahn locomotive rigged with explosives.<\/p>\nElba\u00a0remains\u00a0the show\u2019s charismatic core, bringing a fresh desperation that makes the formerly unflappable Nelson feel more lived-in and frayed around the edges.<\/p>\n
To delve much deeper into the connective tissue between the seasons would be to spoil the series\u2019\u00a0whiplash-inducing\u00a0turns, but\u00a0suffice it to say,\u00a0there\u2019s\u00a0far more going on here than unlikely happenstance. And while the U-Bahn is neither as showy nor cinematic a venue as a mid-flight Airbus, Smith makes\u00a0good use\u00a0of Berlin\u2019s labyrinthine underground, losing the train amid its warren of used \u2014 and abandoned \u2014 tunnels. Meanwhile, the Teutonic setting adds texture, location\u00a0exteriors\u00a0and a sizeable chunk of German dialogue,\u00a0providing this season with a new and distinctive flavour.<\/p>\n
Elba\u00a0remains\u00a0the show\u2019s charismatic core, bringing a fresh desperation that makes the formerly unflappable Nelson feel more lived-in and frayed around the edges. Meanwhile, additions to the cast include Christian\u00a0N\u00e4the\u2019s\u00a0put-upon train driver Otto, Lisa Vicari\u2019s control room operator Clara, and Toby Jones as delightfully inscrutable British intelligence officer Peter Faber. The train itself\u00a0contains\u00a0a gaggle of commuters, a mysterious older\u00a0couple\u00a0and a class of unruly students on a field trip, but the passengers take a disappointingly literal back seat this time around, their involvement in the action\u00a0somewhat stymied by the layout of a multi-carriage train.<\/p>\n
The story, meanwhile, thrashes around like a live wire, protean plotting causing the show to ricochet wildly between the opaque and the obvious. By the time we reach the home stretch, it does\u00a0begin\u00a0to lose momentum and with most of the pieces revealed, the story\u2019s latter section, much like its central conceit, feels on rails. But while this latest\u00a0Hijack\u00a0may\u00a0not quite manage\u00a0the gourmand\u2019s takeaway its first season was, this is still much closer to a Five Guys than a Happy Meal.<\/p>\n
A lesser if still compelling outing for Idris Elba\u2019s have-a-go hero as he once again navigates the perils of public transport. Next up: Hijack on the Megabus to Inverness!\u202f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A year after his plane to London was hijacked by an organised crime group, Sam Nelson (Idris Elba)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-368697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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