Two thrillers with literary antecedents — "Cross" on Prime Video and "The Day of the Jackal" on Peacock — premiered Thursday. Their plots are essentially straightforward — somebody wants to kill somebody, somebody else wants to stop them — but stuffed with complications and characters that can at times muddy specific goals and motivations. That "Cross" is a serial killer series is not out of line with the Patterson oeuvre. The authorities are lazily blaming the death on suicide or an accidental overdose, but Cross, who knew the victim, smells murder. ———'CROSS'Rating: TV-MAHow to watch: Prime Video———'THE DAY OF THE JACKAL'Rating: TV-MAHow to watch: Peacock———©2024 Los Angeles Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 16, 2024 14:07 UTC