First of all, if you’ve heard of it Luther, the BBC series created by Neil Cross from which this film is based, don’t worry if you haven’t seen it. This production with Idris Elba how the wily but disgraced detective is already among the most watched Netflix.
And we understand why.
The black-skinned British actor, who many would like to see as the next James Bond, has trained for several years to solve horrendous cases, fighting hand to hand and, more often than not, coming out victorious.
It is not the case, or it is not so, at least at the beginning of the film, when while he is in charge of an investigation to catch a psychopathic murderer, he succeeds from the darkness, that certain dark vicissitudes of Luther are known , ending Behind bars .
Yes, a cop in prison.
The villain is played by Andy Serkis, who put the moves on both Gollums The Lord of the Rings as Caesar in the saga of Planet of the Apes. Whether or not one could empathize with one’s characters in either, David Robey is downright despicable.
And no, we’re not talking about her blonde toupee.
He’s a millionaire techno-villain – if Elba is given the role of 007, or whatever number they want to give him, Serkis is more than fine with the role of the stereotypical villain – who extorts money from people to get them to do things to his full advantage … They may have fallen into a sexual perversion, or whatever, but the shame is stronger, the “victims” don’t want their intimates or superiors to find out what they have done, and they are cannon fodder for Robey.
the wanted
Don’t ask how, because the film explains it to you, but Luther manages to escape from prison, despite dozens and dozens of prisoners, when they see him wanting to escape, go up in smoke. And he, absurd or not, leaves them all on the ground.
Of course I lose, on the way, Luther will need help. And what could be better than turning to his former boss -Martin Schenk (Dermot Crowley), who was in the series-, whom Odette Raine (Cynthia Erivo) has replaced. The woman wants nothing to do with Luther.
Well, then needs can change thoughts.
John Luther is like the other Johns in cinema, like Wick (Keanu Reeves), or another policeman, McClane (Bruce Willis in the saga of Die Hard), who appear to be invincible when it comes to fighting. They can bleed, fall, but they get up and, if necessary, are like an insecticide raid on ill-wishers: it kills them to death.
There’s a ferocity, a morbidity to the spectacle of wounding and torture that was unnecessary, but, apparently, that best explains Luther’s behavior, according to the British series.
Jamie Payne has directed four episodes of the series, and this is his first film – what can I say – not made “for television”, a means by which he has made countless series. Perhaps the structure of an episode is not the same as that of a feature film, and at the same time that’s why Luther: Night falls it falls more than at night into simplicity, if not in some ridiculous moments.
But hey, a lot of police officers have a bit of wackiness or nonsense, and no one goes around reporting them.
“Luther: Night Falls”
Crime/Mystery. UK/US, 2023. Original title: “Luther: The Fallen Sun”. 129′, SAM 16. From: Jamie Payne. Starring: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley. Available in: Netflix.
Source: Clarin
