.AndalusianDoge reviews Luther: The Fallen Sun, a new movie continuation (theatrically released before hitting Netflix) that heightens the show’s entertainingly preposterous copaganda:
, a continuation of writer Neil Cross’s BBC cop drama; the show’s fourth season was only two hour-long episodes. Whileis now in limited theatrical release, the majority of viewers will end up watching it on Netflix , where it premieres March 10. What makes this a “movie-movie” vs. a “TV movie” or just another really short British TV season? If anything,feels like a transitional step between what the series was and the movie franchise Netflix clearly wants it to be.
The movie continues from where the fifth season left off in 2019, wherein former DCI John Luther was stripped of his badge and arrested. Here, this arrest has been recontextualized; as opposed to just being framed for murder once again, Luther is sentenced to prison due to a dossier containing evidence of all the actual procedure violations the hard-edged cop has committed in his pursuit of justice.
Robey can’t possibly match Ruth Wilson’s Alice Morgan as the most compelling villain Luther has faced, and hisschtick already feels cliche. Serkis, however, makes the character entertaining through sheer over-the-top camp. One shot of his face is enough to announce “THIS IS THE BAD GUY.” He sings “I’m Coming Out” to a woman he burned alive and frames serial killing as “self-expression”—he’d be a super problematic gay stereotype if not for the fact he’s not actually gay.
The other big new addition to the cast is Cynthia Erivo as DCI Odette Raine, filling the requisite role of “good cop” trying to solve the same case as Luther, but with concerns about his unorthodox methods. This character type is there to provide some degree of realistic emotional grounding, and Erivo is an excellent actress for the job.
It’s all so ridiculously heightened and impossible to take seriously that it’s easy enough to just compartmentalize the questionable politics while enjoying the film as mind-off entertainment. Nobody watchedfor serious social commentary or a moral compass—you watched it because Idris Elba is a beautiful man with arguably the world’s best voice ,and you got to see him catch bad guys played by other good actors. On that level,delivers.
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