Luther: The Fallen Sun
Luther: The Fallen Sun
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 3, 2025
I had never seen the show. In fact, I didn’t know this was based on a show until after I had finished watching this. This was an exceptionally well conceived crime thriller with some surprisingly high production values and some gorgeous locations including a frost mansion that looked like it was plucked directly from a Bond film. Elba is a fantastic leading man, as always. Andy Serkis is a chilling and deranged killer who’s outrageous wig has to be seen to be believed. It’s practically a must watch for the wig alone. Cynthia Erivo is really fantastic as well. Was honestly very surprised at how good this was given how little buzz I’ve heard about it. Again, I never watched the show so I don’t know how well it fits in with that narrative, but I found this very enjoyable on it’s own.