Luther: The Fallen

* * * 1/2 Stars - Rating R - 2023 - Crime/Drama 2h 8m

Brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther breaks out of prison to hunt down a sadistic serial killer who is terrorising London.

Stars: Idris Elba Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis

Streaming on Netflix

Release date: March 10 2023

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Review

Review by Leigh Paatsch- HeraldSun

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69% TOMATOMETER
85% AUDIENCE SCORE

Fans of DCI John Luther can rejoice: Idris Elba's textbook-shredding London copper is back in fine form after a lengthy absence.

This feature-length return to active duty takes place shortly after the tension-riddled events of the last series of Luther.

A well-resourced hi-tech crook named David Robey (Andy Serkis) goes out of his way to draw the law's attention to some highly problematic black marks on Luther's track record.

With Luther banged up in jail Robey is free to put a sinister new plan into action until our fallen hero makes the unsurprising decision that incarceration just isn't for him.

What follows is a riveting game of cat-and-mouse that pitches Luther in fugitive-on-the-run mode against the mercurial mastermind that is Robey. Trying to make sense of it all from a frustrating distance is the hard-boiled Police Inspector Odette Raine (Cynthia Erivo).

Newcomers to the Luther effect won't feel too cut out of the loop here while longtime devotees will welcome the upscaling of production values afforded by a bigger budget than the TV version.

As for the ever-impressive Elba let's just say the break from this demanding character has recharged his batteries in the best possible way.