Netflix fans insist Black Doves is a 'Christmas series' as they compare Keira Knightley's new show to Die Hard

Source: Mail Online

Published: Dec, 13 2024 14:24

It's an argument that seems to crop up every December, is the Bruce Willis thriller, Die Hard, actually a Christmas movie? Now, a similar debate looks set to open up around Black Doves. The new eight-part Netflix series, which was released last Thursday and scored a perfect 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes just one day after its launch, is a thriller starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw.

Image Credit: Mail Online [The new eight-part Netflix series, which was released last Thursday and scored a perfect 100 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes just one day after its launch, is a thriller starring Keira Knightley (pictured) and Ben Whishaw]

But despite featuring spies, murders and assassins, the show has been labelled a 'Christmas series' by delighted viewers, who claim the festive soundtrack and setting gave them the 'Christmas feels'. Set in London in December, ahead of the big day, the thriller follows Keira's character Helen Webb as an agent passing on secrets she's managed to uncover from her politician husband (Andrew Buchan) to the Black Doves organisation.

Helen has been giving the firm - headed up by the enigmatic Reed (Sarah Lancashire) - political information for 10 years, but her position is compromised after the mother-of-two's secret lover Jason (Andrew Koji) is assassinated. Yet all the fighting and killing in the series isn't enough to stop fans from branding it a festive offering, thanks to the Christmas tunes played in the background and the timing of the drama.

One person wrote on X: 'Black Doves is a Christmas movie, a six hour Christmas movie,' while another said: : 'Black Doves gave me all the Christmas feels I need this year!'. It's an argument that seems to crop up every December, is the Bruce Willis thriller, Die Hard, actually a Christmas movie? Now, a similar debate looks set to open up around Black Doves (pictured).

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