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"day of the jackal" on peacock


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7 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

 

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - I'll have to check it

Sicario - is there a series? Saw the movies 

Andor - watched (almost added Star Wars to my list of stuff I liked, but figured we all watch these.)

Thanks for Spraying.

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17 hours ago, Slacks said:

Four episodes in...

What are some other shows of similar type?

My jam seems to be international Spy / Agent, Assassin, Gangster (the come up),  Drug Dealer (but not the dude in New Mexico that people seemed to love...)

With some pace and not 7 episodes of pure character development.

 

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On 12/17/2024 at 10:33 PM, MagicSoccerSpray said:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

There's both a US movie and a BBC special series. The BBC version is 7 episodes, stars Alec Guinness, and is superb. The movie is good but bad editing makes it a bit confusing.

 

On 12/17/2024 at 5:07 PM, Slacks said:

Four episodes in...

What are some other shows of similar type?

My jam seems to be international Spy / Agent, Assassin, Gangster (the come up),  Drug Dealer (but not the dude in New Mexico that people seemed to love...)

With some pace and not 7 episodes of pure character development.

 

MI5, known as Spooks in the UK.

Whitechapel, which is about MI6. Both of those are multi-season tv series.

Smiley's People

A Spy Among Friends

Line of Duty - an excellent brit series about a police internal crimes unit that deals with nefarious crimes and is extremely well-written and produced. Not as highly produced as Slow Horses but definitely more realistic.

Little Drummer Girl

Tehran

Homeland

The Americans

McMafia

Burn Notice

Deutschland 83, Deutschland 85 and Deutschland 87. 

Killing Eve

 

 

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1 hour ago, Chopper said:

There's both a US movie and a BBC special series. The BBC version is 7 episodes, stars Alec Guinness, and is superb. The movie is good but bad editing makes it a bit confusing.

 

I thought both were great, and in the movie's defense, they had to edit 7 episodes of plot into 2 hrs, so I gave it a break. Oldman was excellent as always.

 

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

MI5, known as Spooks in the UK.

 

Seconded. Early episodes featured a young Mathew Macfadyen, and Peter Firth (who played Zampolit Putin in the The Hunt for Red October).

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the season finale was vey satisfying.  i found myself rooting for the Jackal even though he's not the sort of bad guy i typically root for.  unlike Dexter and Omar Little, the Jackal/Duggan/Charles has no code.  he just murders for money, even "innocent" people who did nothing wrong.  but when the supposed good guys are as shitty as they are, i gotta root for the Jackal.

season 2 is gonna feature a lot more Charles Dance, which is always a good thing. he needs to get got.

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