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Picking up where Series 5 of the TV show left off, Luther: The Fallen Sun sees Idris Elba’s brilliant but disgraced copper breaking out of the slammer to hunt down serial killer David Robey (Andy Serkis). A twisted tech genius with dodgy hair and an even dodgier fashion sense, Robey is luring his victims by hijacking their digital footprints and using their deepest, darkest secrets – or as he calls it, their “shame” – against them.
Robey is one of the franchise’s creepiest and most sadistic baddies. Not only is he able to properly go toe-to-toe with Luther both physically and mentally, but his vast resources allow him to carry out his crimes on a much grander scale than we’re used to seeing – think a very, very messed-up Bond villain.
Luckily, DCI John Luther – equipped with his signature grey coat and blood-red tie – is on hand to save the day, finally putting an end to Robey’s reign of terror and potentially setting up a budding movie series in the process. Let’s take a look at where we find Luther by the end of The Fallen Sun – and where he may be heading next…
Was Robey Behind Luther Getting Jailed?
At the end of Series 5, Luther was arrested by his boss, DSU Martin Schenk (Dermot Crowley), when the gangster George Cornelius passed on evidence of Luther’s involvement in the violent feud between him and Alice (Ruth Wilson). While the photo of Luther standing over a dead hitman didn’t quite tell the full story (Cornelius actually pulled the trigger), it presumably did blow open the fact that he’d been aiding and abetting a known criminal – and seemed like the smoking gun that would finally send Luther down.
At the beginning of The Fallen Sun, we discover that Luther had been investigating the disappearance of a young man who’d been abducted by David Robey during or just before the events of Series 5. At the crime scene, a disguised Robey clocks Luther’s handling of the case and, attempting to get the detective off his trail, tells his cronies: “I want his shame.” We then see the media circus of Luther’s trial, with one reporter saying that a dossier showing “a litany of vigilante activity” had been leaked to the press.
So, while Robey wasn’t behind Luther’s initial arrest, we can assume that his vindictive role in exposing all of Luther’s past misdeeds shone a light on a trial that the Met would have rather kept quiet – and made Luther’s subsequent sentencing a certainty.
Will There Be a Movie Sequel?
At the time of writing, Netflix hasn’t officially confirmed a sequel to The Fallen Sun, although the ending – Luther, in his signature garb, being courted by mysterious government forces as a new version of Massive Attack’s ‘Paradise Circus’ (the TV show’s iconic theme tune) swells in the background – certainly lays the groundwork for one.
Elba has hinted in recent interviews that he sees John Luther as his own version of James Bond – the role he is so frequently rumoured for – and that he’d like to explore more international adventures with him. With a first movie and a new government job under Luther’s belt, it very much seems like the ball is in Netflix’s court.
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