Thriller

An intense thrill-ride with subtle woke elements, Hijack scares me. It scares me, because it's so entertaining while at the same time employing almost subliminal means to push some woke anti-stereotypes.

The two smartest people are the two black leads. The black man is huge and extremely muscular and works as a high-powered corporate deal closer; he puppetmasters the hijackers, outwitting them repeatedly. His ex is a black woman, who is a professor of physics; her boyfriend is a white guy. The two black leads both have opulent apartments in London. If every woke film and TV show were not like this, maybe I would not even notice.

The hijackers are not Arabs but rather British organized crime. This works well in the storyline, but again could be subliminal woke programming. One of the hijackers is played by the actor who was the dopey thug in Utopia (UK version, which was excellent). He plays a similar character here.

The ending was pure Hollywood and cringe. I will deduct a point for that, but overall it's very enjoyable.