Luther: The Fallen Sun is an action movie directed by Jamie Payne starring Idris Elba. With Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley.
Idris Elba is the main attraction in this thriller that mixes James Bond with serial killers and gruesome crimes: without being a great movie, it has a little bit of everything to entertain you on a Friday night and delight horror thriller lovers.
Movie Review
It doesn’t always work, but it knows how to correctly apply the rules of the genre and borrow ideas from other referential films. The ideas worked before, they work now, even if everything is blatantly “familiar” and the bad guy is not exactly Hannibal Lecter.
It has its charm, its BBC-like “British” photography and perhaps precisely because of that, it sometimes tends to drift over to the made-for-TV film side of the road, with some “easy” and not very elaborated sequences.
It holds up well, especially at the beginning. When it comes to developing the plot… the film falls down, probably because of the lack of charisma of the “bad guy” and that, as much as we like Idris Elba, the character – Luther – does not always live up to the high level nor reach the murky depths that a dark thriller aims for.
And yet, with all its flaws, it entertains and is perfect for a Friday night: a rather forgettable film, but that – without breaking the rules of the genre – entertains and knows how to lead us where it wants us to go, and that’s precisely to the “familiar” places of these dark thrillers that – this time – happens to be not so dark where the characters are concerned.
A film that leans too heavily on its dark tone but that happens to be – sometimes and paradoxically – excessively soft in its central characters.
A well-paced plot, but the script is a bit lightweight.
Disappointing as a grand thriller, nevertheless, it is entertaining as the good film – but that’s all – which it is.
Release Date
March 10, 2023
Where to Watch Luther: The Fallen Sun
The Cast
 Idris Elba / John Luther |  Dermot Crowley / DSU Martin Schenk |
 Cynthia Erivo / DCI Odette Raine |  Andy Serkis / David Robey |
 Jess Liaudin / Nilsson |  Einar Kuusk / Arkady Kachimov |
 Andy Apollo / Barman |  Thomas Coombes / DS Archie Woodward |
Hattie Morahan / Corinne Aldrich
James Travis / Spact Prisoner / Riot Guard