Film Director Explains What Worked and What Didn't in Hijack

In this video I lean on my 20 years experience in the business as a film and TV writer and director to explain what worked, and what didn't, in Apple TV's Hijack starring Idris Elba.

CONTENTS:

0:00 Intro
0:21 What Worked
2:40 Challenges of Criticism
4:23 What Didn’t
11:52 Summary

Want to know more about who I am and why I make these breakdowns? I talk about it in my Top Gun Maverick film, link here:
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My explanation of themes and controlling ideas in The Last of Us:
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And here's the film I made about why Succession shouldn't work at all, but became the most widely acclaimed drama on TV:
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Interested in what else I've made? Here's my imdb page:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504946/

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