Gangs of London Series 1 = Absolutely brilliant!
Series 2 = What a load of crap. I switched to Gardner's World after episode 2 - it had more of a plot.
It seems they ran out of ideas and thought wall-to-wall machinegun scenes would stimulate the audience. Seems like a difficult 2nd album moment.
The Day of the Jackal - a good story, if somewhat predictable and relying and on hackneyed and improbable tropes, but if you're expecting a reworking of the original you're in for a disappointment - so why call it Day of the Jackal? The name sets up an expectation that's never met and hence colours your judgement. Hay never saw the original and so isn't as disappointed as me - it should simply have been given a different name, like The Bourne Resurrection or The Sound of Machineguns.
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