I've been watching Luther on Netflix after hearing some pretty glowing praise. Hmmm sums up my reaction. It's all very derivative but elevated by two towering performances. Stringer Be.., Idris Elba, is fantastic and carries most of the show on his extremely broad shoulders, Ruth Wilson is also suitably messed up as Alice, before Luther I'd only seen her in The Affair, had no idea she was English.
I'm enjoying it, but only in the same way as I enjoy watching random episodes of CSI, not really grabbing me yet. I've only watched the first five episodes so far but I'm surprised the investigation from the first episode hasn't really been revisited. The Alice character seems to be looming in the background like a prettier Hannibal Lector. Entertaining enough, but waiting for the hook.
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