Jackal. You are wild and timid. Are you binge-worthy?

The original Jackal is a story of the very bad guy on one side chased by a very good guy which was based not only on money commitment but on loyalty to their home country and their personal history between them. They were driven mainly by their professionalism and keen goal to achieve what they had wanted to achieve, mainly to be free. In the new version of this story, things are a little different.

The main character Bianca, an MI6 agent, has a family that's been giving her one second chance after another while falling short of balancing family life and defending MI6 interests by any means necessary. She uses a teenage student as leverage to retrieve the information about a lead, a lead that can bring them the gunsmith who has created a rifle that killed a world-known tech software developer at the world's record distance while he was visiting his son at a hospital. Headshot through a revolving door and an act of disappearance with burning tracks that would lead to capture.

Soon after retrieving a video of a suspect at an airport Bianca as ambitious as she is, of course, finds her way to the last-minute meeting with a German international security agency. Meanwhile, our killer in question is making his way home, routinely, picking up cars and taking flights until he makes it to his mansion in Spain where he reunites with his family. Unlike its predecessor, who not only worked alone but was alone throughout the entire movie, the new Jackal is trying to be a human and appears to be a likable dad who wants to provide for his family. A noble hitman for hire.

Everyone lies about everything.

Bianca proves to be quite an unlikeable character. Lately, drama shows have been trying to catch our attention by, frankly speaking, becoming soap operas. It is because we all work similar jobs to a character except that nothing happens at our 9-5. Strange or not, we all dream of a life that the main character leads to some extent. Otherwise, why would we watch it, if the guy on the screen wasn't what we always wanted and the girl wasn't relentlessly going after her goal, regardless of someone getting hurt in the process? Sudden operational opportunities make us challenge our true range of abilities that we've worked so hard to get and pay for. A chance to prove ourselves to ourselves and to others too. And here Bianca gets such opportunities. The seamlessly always believing in us boss, who despite two major screw-ups continues to keep the carnival going, even though she hasn't saved anybody rich yet, but did get a girl killed accidentally while arresting her illegally during a protest. She needed leverage to lean on her mother, a former IRA whose husband happened to have a brother, who made the notorious super-gun. later she would go to Belarus to get close to the target. Must be super easy during an ongoing war in Ukraine and Russia's use of Belarus as its war airstrip, which means that borders would be closely watched. Very closely watched! But it's okay, it adds tension to the drama to make the impossible happen, which they don't show. Our heroine has even time to be emotional during the breach, cuz two agents get slaughtered in an attempt to make progress in her journey to prove that her failure to be there for her family and yet always fail is worth something. I am sure her daughter will be okay with her missing all the parent-teacher meetings at the school.

While our antagonist is overseeing his lands while awaiting the next opportunity, the next hunt. Attention, spoiler alert! his journey of achieving complete financial safety in his household ends with him leaving the mid-birthday party of his son to get that "last score" to retire and take his wife's advice to be more present with his family. Money, what a way to get its audience to commit. After all, most of us want security and comfort to last for generations in our family. Financial security tends to be taken as a sign of freedom. But of course, to achieve that security You need to take risks. Strange, isn't it? And even Jackal can't avoid it. He decides to go back to the place of his last engagement and to tie up loose ends of an unpaid bill. Will his wife notice his not-so-safe approach to providing for his family? You will have to see for yourself. Pick your targets carefully.