The actor stars in Peacock’s gripping 10-part adaptation of the 1971 bestseller about an assassin, who in this telling is hired to kill a tech billionaire.

The Day of the Jackal is a thriller that constantly stops trying to thrill, and more than any other failing, that lack of urgency, tension, or excitement is its fatal downfall. An incredibly loose adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel (which was made into a superior 1973 film by Fred Zinnemann) that has little relation to its source material aside from its general premise and main character,

Recap and Review first appeared on Wherever I Look and is written by Amari Allah. While Charles has operated mainly on not having his face seen or voice heard for most of the show, maybe his career, it seems that with Zina breaking his safety protocols,