Overview
- All seven episodes, released Thursday, April 30, are now streaming on Netflix.
- The adaptation blends A. J. Quinnell’s novels, shifts most action to Rio de Janeiro, and swaps the franchise’s usual kidnapping hook for a bombing-and-corruption plot.
- Reviews widely commend Yahya Abdul‑Mateen II’s portrayal of John Creasy, while many cite uneven pacing and flat, Netflix-style visuals that mute the show’s tension.
- Early Rotten Tomatoes scores show the series at roughly 60% from critics, higher than the 2004 film’s 39%, even as audience scores still lean toward the Denzel Washington movie.
- Creator Kyle Killen wrote all seven episodes, Steven Caple Jr. directed the first two, and the cast includes Alice Braga, Billie Boullet, Bobby Cannavale and Scoot McNairy.