![]() ‘Luther: The Fallen Sun.’ R, for disturbing/violent content, language and some sexual material. But “Fallen Sun” is best described as a movie-size version of a “Luther” season - which, for longtime fans, is better than no “Luther” at all. ![]() Their budget allows for some bigger set-pieces and a wide variety of locations: from sleazy London sex shops to a spooky estate in a chilly clime. ![]() Cross and director Jamie Payne (who also helmed the show’s Season 5) don’t radically reinvent the franchise here. The bulk of “Fallen Sun” leans on familiar “Luther” moves as our man ducks Raine while digging into Robey’s history - both in ways that raise questions about whether good guys sometimes need to be bad. Meanwhile, the manipulative mastermind David Robey (played with entertaining gusto by Andy Serkis) is scandalizing London by broadcasting torture and murder on the internet. When he inevitably escapes, Luther’s determined former colleague Odette Raine (Cynthia Erivo) mobilizes a team to find him. But this “Luther” doesn’t feel quite as special as the TV version did - perhaps because it’s not that unusual these days to see a hard-hitting, pulpy crime picture in which an ethically shaky detective stalks a serial killer.Įlba is still quite good as the antihero John Luther, who starts the story in jail due to some of the questionable choices he’s made over the years. The first “Luther” film, “Luther: The Fallen Sun,” arrives four years after the show’s fifth and (thus far) final season. It also had creator Neil Cross skillfully combining the grimness and violence of modern European mystery stories with the old-fashioned flash and action of a loose-cannon cop movie. It had Idris Elba - already a veteran actor but not yet an international superstar - playing a police detective so committed to bringing down the worst of the worst that he frequently bent or even broke the law. When the BBC TV series “Luther” debuted in 2010, it had two big things going for it. The cast and the crew work well together in “Unseen,” delivering a taut, inventive picture about two young Asian American women helping each other survive one terrible day. Yet even there, Francis and Purdy’s performances keep the scenes from feeling too much like an info-dump. ![]() ![]() The film’s weakest parts involve shoehorning in more backstory for Emily and Sam as they talk about their lives to keep each other company. A lot of thought has been put into how a janky old phone or wireless earbuds might affect Emily and Sam’s communication. Their style is snappy, with a frequent use of split screens to keep the action clear and a color scheme that distinguishes sunny Florida from gray Michigan. While she takes care of customers - including an obnoxiously demanding rich lady (Missi Pyle) - Sam acts as Emily’s eyes, guiding her to safety via their cellphone cameras.ĭirected by Yoko Okumura from a screenplay by Salvatore Cardoni and Brian Rawlins, the chase thriller “Unseen” starts with this nifty premise, and for most of its short running time the filmmakers do a lot with it. That stranger, Sam (Jolene Purdy), is a depressed stoner working a shift alone at a crummy Florida gas station. She places a panicked call to a stranger who recently misdialed her. In the Michigan wilderness, the vision-impaired Emily (Midori Francis) - who has been abducted by her stalker ex-boyfriend Charlie (Michael Patrick Lane) - escapes into the woods without her glasses. ![]()
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