Sometimes 'The Fallen Sun' is genuinely creepy, other times, it’s just eyeroll-inducing. But the mere presence of Idris Elba is a saving grace, writes Stephanie Zacharek (szacharek)
t’s hard to love a man who’s so obsessed with his work he can’t leave it at the office. But it helps if he’s played bya movie standalone adapted from the TV series, Elba’s London detective John Luther hops on a case that might spell the end for him, given his history of getting a bit too cozy with the criminals he’s investigating .
A twisted mastermind—played by Andy Serkis in a truly terrifying wig that swerves around his pate like a curled-up forest animal—is close to finalizing a horrific plan that involves cyber blackmail, kidnapping and teenagers locked in dank cages—you know, the usual grim TV-detective folderol. But Luther is sniffing a little too close to this pungent scheme.
Odette Raine, who rises in the ranks with his removal. Will Luther bust out in time to stop the sicko villain and stand boldly atop a tall building, his supple-but-manly tweed coat swirling around him in the wind?The Fallen Sun —directed by Jamie Payne and written by the show’s creator, Neil Cross—is genuinely creepy in its brooding vision of all the ways an evil genius might manipulate our preoccupation with staring at screens. Other times, it’s just eyeroll-inducing. You could build a drinking game around the number of times one imperiled teen calls out “Mooommm!” even as her poor mother is doing her damnedest to save her.
Luther, with his haunted gaze, his voice as plush as the finest antique Persian carpet, is enough to keep
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