‘It’s hard to take seriously!’ Luther: The Fallen Sun Gets Panned By Critics Ahead Of Netflix Release

Luther: The Fallen Sun has come under fire from critics after the Netflix crime thriller was shown in select theaters ahead of its streaming release.

Idris Elba’s latest film has been met with a flurry of two-star reviews, with critics calling the ‘absurd’ picture ‘riotous’, ‘loony’ and ‘ridiculous’.

Hitting the small screen on March 10, the film follows DCI John Luther (Idris) as he escapes from his maximum-security prison to capture a cyberpsychopath and serial killer, played by Andy Serkis.

But Variety has called the image ‘difficult to take seriously’ while Empire he said the film, based on the 2010s BBC series, felt “quite recycled”.

Brian Viner wrote in the Daily Mail: “We are bombarded with an overload of everything, especially the plot, with a psychotic villain played by Andy Serkis who seems to have arrived in modern London straight from the bowels of the Underworld.”

The GuardianThe review stated: ‘Serial killer accessories feel legacy; the Scandi noir touch is spurious and the stories in the movies about evil criminal schemes to stream snuff-porn are frankly always boring and implausible.’

The action-packed teaser begins with Luther fighting with his fellow prisoners before escaping.

Once he breaks free and returns to the city, it seems that a woman needs his help to get revenge on someone after they did something bad to her son.

His character is then heard saying, “I need to stop this man, I’m still a cop,” before the military tells him that if he doesn’t stand down, he’ll be “shot to death.”

The villain of the film is then heard saying, ‘John, I looked you straight in the eye because I was curious and wanted to know if you would see it in me. Because that’s what you are, isn’t it? The man who knows everything about people like me.

Tense scenes then show Luther with blood on his face after fighting, as he says, “He wants the world to think the bad dream has come true.”

Viewers then see Luther fighting the villain in a London Underground station before being trained again by armed officers.

Disappointing: Idris Elba’s latest film has been greeted with a flurry of two-star reviews, with critics calling the ‘absurd’ picture ‘revolted’, ‘far-fetched’ and ‘ridiculous’

Plot: The film follows DCI John Luther (Idris) as he escapes from his maximum security prison to capture a cyberpsychopath and serial killer, played by Andy Serkis.

It ends with a close-up of Luther saying ‘Let the nightmare come, because I’m ready.’

Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Andy admitted he almost ‘didn’t consider’ playing the role of David Robey as it was ‘one of the darker parts’ he’s been offered’.

The 58-year-old Hollywood actor revealed that he wanted to take a shower when he first read the script as he began to understand the darkness of his character.

Speaking with Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, Andy began by saying: “It’s very well directed. For people who loved the TV series, this is on a bigger, higher scale.

He added: “When I first read the script, I literally wanted to take a shower.

“It was one of the darker roles I’ve ever been offered and I almost considered not doing it.

Oh no! But Variety called the image “difficult to take seriously”, while Empire said the film, based on the BBC series from the 2010s, felt “quite recycled”.

“The brilliant thing about Neil Cross and the script is that it makes Luther’s villains [us].

‘Very, very real, and just around the corner, under the bed, it is in our lives. This one in particular is about the horror that is the internet. The power of the internet and someone like David Robey, the character I play, manipulates people using that.

“He’s a master of surveillance, he’s used to manipulating people, he’s kind of a people watcher because he can’t connect with humanity so he watches them… It’s very scary and Neil Cross’s writing is brilliant to do that”.

Andy went further, adding: “Which was exciting, [is that] I’ve played several dark characters before, and I thought, is this what I want to do now?

“It was as topical and as important as a debate about the Internet, and how we have truly given our souls to it.

‘How we have given our lives to him and [how we’re happy] knowing that we’re being watched 24/7 through the cameras on our laptops, through our phones and David Robey, my character, just knows how to use that.

‘The villain is us, we have accepted it’.

Finally, when asked if his new role encouraged him to put down his phone, Andy confessed: ‘He hasn’t and that’s the thing, we’re all addicted, that’s the point! We have become slaves to them. [phones].’

Luther: The Fallen Sun opened in UK cinemas on February 24 and is coming to Netflix on March 10.

Confession: Andy recently admitted that he almost ‘didn’t consider’ playing the role of David Robey as it was ‘one of the darker parts’ he’s been offered’