The Wire made Idris Elba a star statewide as a conflicted drug dealer, but British audiences know him best as detective John Luther. The BBC show Luther ran for five seasons from 2010 - 2019 with Elba starring as the Detective Chief Inspector for the Serious and Serial Unit.
"He's done so much to bend the law in order to catch the bad guys that he's ended up in jail," Elba told Entertainment Weekly in 2022. "So that's where we start the story. He's contemplating what he's going to do with his life."
In the trailer, returning character DSU Martin Schenk (played by Dermot Crowley) finds out that Luther has escaped jail, something that doesn't seem to surprise him. Two-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo plays DCI Odette Raine who tries to get Luther to turn himself in.
But he's insistent that his mission to track a malevolent tech billionaire who is using his superior technological reach to commit murder, is more important.
Written by Luther's creator Neil Cross, the movie introduces Andy Serkis as David Robey, the villain to Luther's complicated anti-hero. In the trailer, the two spar as Luther stays on his trail while various kinds of mayhem is shown - from fires to police chases to fight scenes - accompanied by spooky, atmospheric mood music."Something's coming," Luther tells Raine, who regardless informs him that he'll be shot down by a tactical team for going rogue if they can find him.
Filmmakers say that the movie's standalone storyline can be enjoyed even if you haven't previously seen the series. But it may inspire viewers who haven't watched to do so.
Luther: The Fallen Sun comes to theaters on Feb. 24, premiering March 10 on Netflix.
