He goes by many names, but you’ve got the option to call him the Jackal.
But most importantly: The Jackal is Number One with a bullet.
The Jackal is hired to kill a prominent figure.
Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal.‘Marcell Piti/SKY/Carnival
An MI6 agent must find him and stop him before he carries out the task.
And a whole subplot about the fallout regarding an informants daughter being used as a pawn to extract info?
And some inter-agency strife that kinda pays off, but not really?
(Unless, of course, that limited seriesdecides to become not-so-limited anymore.)
Still, you may want to tune into the first chapter, just to see the opening salvo.
An elderly janitor in Munich stares into his mirror, parroting back banal phrases in German.
The fake geriatric shuffles into an office building that houses the headquarters of a controversial ultra-right politician.
A security guards curiosity leads to a shoot-out that wounds, but does not kill the politicians adult son.
The next day, he assembles a bespoke snipers rifle from luggage parts (!)
and patiently waits for his target to appear.
The baits been set.
Now we get to witness why the Jackal is considered the absolute top of his profession.
Stoic assassin with ice water in his veins suits him better than youd think.
(We personally dont need another round of speculative Whos playing James Bond next?
Bianca is an expert on guns, which is why the murder that kicks everything off attracts her interest.
The kill shot was made from an unheard-of distance.
The chase is now officially on.
The song remains mostly the same, however.
Only the length of the tune has changed.
Spending several hours with a chill killer and a dogged intelligence agent is fine for three-to-four hours.
Its TV ROI 101.
