The Assassin review – will anybody save Keeley Hawes from this unbearably pathetic boy?

The star is excellent in her return as a midlife assassin. But her whiny son is so annoying, the drama disintegrates into a soggy spy sitcom – he might just have killed the whole show

So there’s an assassin, right? Except, it’s not just AN assassin, it’s THE assassin. The world’s top assassin. Going round doing the most elite assassinations you can think of, being paid millions to kill super-dangerous people. Right? OK, But … it’s a woman – no, not like in Killing Eve. Well, OK, it is quite a lot like Killing Eve but wait: it’s not just a woman, it’s a sarcastic middle-aged British woman who hasn’t got time for anyone’s shit, And she’s got a difficult relationship with her adult son who doesn’t know she’s a…