LUTHER: The Fallen Sun

Idris Elba is back with a bang in what is set to be the first in a series of Netflix films about the iconic London detective

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On all week, on demand, Netflix 4

This first feature-length outing for legendary London copper John Luther (Idris Elba), is an attempt not just to upgrade the character from the TV to the silver screen in a Netflix production of some size and scope, but to launch a franchise.

Written, as ever, by Neil Cross, and directed by Jamie Payne, who helmed all four episodes of series five, Luther: The Fallen Sun begins where that season left off in 2019, with DCI Luther sent to the clink. Like numerous other maverick law enforcers, Luther’s always cut corners, broken rules and roughedup low-lifes to get what he wants, and now his own crimes have caught up with him.