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Sky’s highly anticipated new thriller The Day Of The Jackal finally hit screens on Thursday, but viewers have already pointed out one glaring problem with the show.
The series, which is based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, stars Eddie Redmayne as the assassin targeted by an intelligence officer played by Lashana Lynch.
When the series launched on Sky Atlantic and NOW, viewers were quick to complain about one ‘annoying’ element of the programme.
As for X, fans complained that a trailer for The Day Of The Jackal played in the middle of pre-show breaks, instead of seeing trailers for other Sky content.
Messages to WE’RE ALREADY WATCHING IT FFS. #thedayofthejackal
Sky’s highly anticipated new thriller The Day Of The Jackal finally hit screens on Thursday, but viewers have already pointed out a glaring problem with the show
‘Hey NOW TV – Should a trailer for Day Of The Jackal be released before…..Day Of The Jackal? I decided to watch it, so there’s no need!’
‘Day of The Jackal’s trailer says he never looks the same twice, then shows off different versions of what is clearly the same trademark spam-faced weasel man in a succession of wigs;’
“Sky lets me watch a 30-second unskippable trailer for Day of The Jackal before I can watch Day of The Jackal. Come on guys;’
The series has received mixed reviews from critics, with some calling Eddie Redmayne’s reboot “truly compelling” while others called it “boring and pointless.”
Eddie stars as Jackal, the elusive assassin who makes his living executing hits for the highest payday. But he soon meets his match in a persistent offer from British intelligence, who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
The Telegraph claimed that the 21st century reboot was ‘truly compelling’ as they judged Eddie’s character.
Jasper Rees gave the series a star rating of four out of five, writing: ‘The main event of the chase is prone to misfires and sagging in the middle of the story. Yet Redmayne’s otherness is convincing.’
While the Irish Independent claimed that The Day Of The Jackal is ‘long and baggy’ and has too many ‘uninteresting characters’.
The series stars Eddie Redmayne as the assassin targeted by an intelligence officer, played by Lashana Lynch (pictured)
Viewers were quick to complain about an ‘annoying’ element to the show, revealing that a trailer for The Day Of The Jackal itself was played in the middle of the breaks before the show.
Pat Stacey wrote: ‘This Day of the Jackal is…well, not. It’s long and baggy, with too many uninteresting characters, too many boring domestic scenes and the usual over-the-top and unbelievable gunfights and car chases.’
Meanwhile, Digital Spy’s Rebecca Cook said The Day Of The Jackal is a ‘compulsive but conventional watch’.
The critics’ reviews come after Eddie recently revealed he ‘barely’ saw his co-star Lashana on set, despite the pair taking center stage in their exciting new series.
The actor and actress joined presenter Nick Grimshaw, 40, on BBC radio 1 last month.
However, Eddie revealed that promoting the series was the “fun” part now that the pair are finally “hanging out and spending time together.”
Eddie revealed that they barely saw each other during filming, saying, “Even though Lashana and I are in it (the series), we barely saw each other during the making of it.”
“Because it was kind of a cat and mouse story and we were kept apart to a large extent.”
He confessed, “So the advertising side was the fun part because we got to hang out and spend time together.”
The series has received mixed reviews from critics, with some calling Eddie Redmayne’s reboot “truly compelling” while others called it “boring and pointless.”
Lashana agreed with Eddie’s statement saying, “It’s really true, because we are also producers of the show, we spent a year talking about every nook and cranny of the show”
“We saw everything, every edit and every moment of this process, and it was just really fun to get to know each other that way.”
Eddie also revealed to the radio host why he decided to take part in the new series, a modern take on the original film and book.
Eddie revealed that he was initially hesitant to star in it, saying, “I did like the original movie and book growing up,”
“So when the scripts arrived in my inbox, there was a huge amount of fear because you don’t want to butcher something you love.”
He admitted that he had a change of heart when he saw the script, adding, “(The script) was basically updated to this point, and the scripts were just so propulsive and it felt completely fresh and new.”
“But it kept the DNA of what was so great in the original, this kind of cat-and-mouse quality, and the fact that Jackal is basically a shape-shifting chameleon, you never quite know what you’re going to get.”
Per one IMDB summaryThe shows cards ‘a manhunt taking place for a dangerous, elusive killer known only as the Jackal’.
Eddie plays the deadly jackal, with Lashana’s character leading the quest to discover his identity.