Hijack Season 2 review
Hijack is a thriller tv series created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith. Season 1 came out on 28 June 2023 and it was renewed for a second season which premiered on Apple TV+ on 14 January 2026.
Idris Elba returns as Sam Nelson and is once again at the centre of a hijacking crisis but the stakes have been raised.
The Good
Two words… Idris Elba, if he read the news, I would probably start watching but if I saw him in public I wouldn’t travel with him because hijackings seem to happen around him…
In Season 1, an aeroplane gets hijacked, and in Season 2, a train gets hijacked… and if you are thinking it’s more of the same, except on a train, you would be so wrong. By the time the credits roll out on the first episode, you will be looking at your tv in shock.
Idris Elba is his usual charismatic self, but this time he has a dark edge and a tiny bit unravelled; obsessed with finding answers, justice and maybe a little bit of vengeance…
The show’s creators have mastered the art of cranking up the tension as each episode progresses and then drop a bombshell of plot reveal for a cliff-hanger finish and what can you do but watch the next episode.
Hijack Season 2 has a great soundtrack that sets the atomosphere right from theme Kiss the Sky by Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra and its haunting lyrics… Too late to save the world from dying.
The Bad
Don’t be like me and jump straight into watching this without getting a recap of how Season 1 ended because it just plunges into things, as if you have been following what happened in the aftermath of the Kingdom Flight Hijacking…
Even after catching up, certain narrative gaps remain. Some questions never quite receive satisfying answers, leaving loose threads that feel less like deliberate mystery and more like unfinished stitching, perhaps held back for a potential third season.
The series is at its best in the claustrophobic atmosphere of the train, but it spends a lot of time chasing subplots which do not raise the emotional stakes or develop characters beyond simply being plot devices in a train that gets hijacked.
The Ugly
The larger the canvas becomes, the more the story demands that viewers suspend logic. And Season 2 occasionally asks for quite a lot.
Final Thoughts
So, first it was a plane, now a train… what next? A bus gets hijacked…maybe a boat???
Hijack Season 2 ambitiously expands its world but, in doing so, sacrifices some of the simplicity and razor-sharp focus that made Season 1 so gripping. It remains a tense and often entertaining watch, powered largely by Idris Elba’s commanding presence. However, it does not eclipse the brilliance of its debut season.
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