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Netflix’s new adaptation, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, has proven itself to be more than worthy of its namesake so far. Just yesterday, the streamer premiered all eight episodes of the first season of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, which stars Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as the titular Sam Fisher. Reviews for Splinter Cell: Deathwatch have been pouring in over the last few days, and enough scores have come in that the animated series has earned a strong 88% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. This comes from a small sample size of only 8 reviews at the time of writing, so it is subject to change. It’s also tied with The Hunt for Red October at 88% as the highest-rated Tom Clancy adaptation ever.
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch was written and created for TV by Derek Kolstad, with other scribes such as David Daitch, Katie J. Stone, Anthony Florez, Fallon O’Dowd, Matias Wulff, Naomi G. Davis, and Joseph Mwamba working in the writer’s room. Félicien Colmet-Daage and Guillaume Dousse directed all eight episodes of the first season of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch. Creator Derek Kolstaad is best known for his work writing the first three Keanu Reeves-led John Wick movies. He returned to the action genre recently with his work penning both of Bob Odenkirk’s Nobody films. He’ll reunite with Odenkirk on another action thriller, Normal.
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch is set in the shadowy world of global espionage, following the legendary Sam Fisher, who is no more than a rumor to most of the intelligence community. Once he’s called back into action, he must work with a new recruit to untangle a global conspiracy. Sam Fisher voice actor, Liev Schreiber, is a nine-time Emmy nominee who is also famous for his work on Spotlight, The Manchurian Candidate, and The Perfect Couple.
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Splinter Cell: Deathwatch has already cracked the Netflix top 10, but it still trails other shows such as Wayward and Boots, which have been juggernauts on streaming charts. Sci-fi fans have also flocked to all three Maze Runner movies, which were recently added to Netflix last weekend and have since taken over the top 10 movies chart. Both seasons of the now-canceled Paramount+ video game adaptation, Halo, have been a revelation on Netflix for a few weeks now. The show’s rejuvenated success has left some questioning if it should have been canceled in the first place.
Watch all eight episodes of Splinter Cell: Deathwatch on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage.
