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Hijack
SERIES PREMIERE
Wednesday, June 28, Apple TV+
THE SKIES ARE particularly unfriendly in Hijack, a gripping 24-style escapist thriller that seems an oddly unnerving choice for the height of summer’s travel season. For those staying grounded, however, this is a white-knuckle winner.
Unfolding on a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London over seven episodes, this roller coaster of’s Idris Elba in top confrontational form as corporate negotiator Sam Nelson. His reasoning skills, and sometimes his fists, get a workout when Kingdom Flight 29 is overtaken by desperate hijackers who don’t always seem in control of their actions. Sam sizes the situation up as the second episode begins: “If it’s all going wrong in the first hour, imagine what can happen in the next six.” Indeed.
