Gangs of London (Series 2, 2022)

Over on now tv. We're going to look at the returning Crime Drama Gangs of London, and here's a clip.

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Elliott's. I want them to know fear. So this arrived this Thursday. If you didn't see series one, it was about an undercover cop called Elliot Finch, played by so paid dsu. Who infiltrates a London gang and at the start of season one, I mean, you need to go back. I would say probably watch. Season one just to understand what's going on.

But spoiler alert, at the start of season one, Cole mean played the head of a gang who was killed, and then things started to unfold. Sort of power struggle amongst London's gang. It, it hit the headlines really for it's incredibly choreographed, but incredibly violent. Fight scenes. I mean, they are astonishing.

It also had Joe Cole in it as the one of the sons of the dead mobster. I'm not gonna say what happened at the end of season one because that is a, a big spoiler alert if you, if, if you've not watched it. But anyway, as we rejoin the action, this undercover cop is, Working as an assassin, but he's drinking heavily.

He, he's in all sorts of trouble. Meanwhile, in London. And this new enforcer called Cobra. Uh, he's played by walled waiter who was Bath, nominated for Baghdad Central, the Channel four series. He's an interesting character. He wears a pork pie hat. He's got cropped. Blonde hair. He's got a quiet air of menace and the, the first time we meet him, he's forcing a member of this Algerian gang who've been smuggling weapons without the permission of kind of the cartel of gangs.

He forces him to eat bullets. So this guy's not messing about. Once again, I mean, the first time we see Elliot Finch, there's a, there's an amazing action scene. It is a, a director who works on the first season, but is now directing all of this season, and it's in a, I think it's in a ladette in Istanbul, and it's a brilliant.

Piece of action. It's superbly choreographed as you'd expect from this series. Although it's all about sort of violence and crime. This kind of is a family drama as well. It's got the brilliant Papa Sdu in it. He's the son of the sort of conciliary from season one who is now trying to go legit as a businessman, but it's really kind of.

As with Ray and Raymond in a way about trauma being passed from one generation to the next. So, I mean, I would say if you're a bit squeamish, you may find this too violent for you, but it's a really well, well made and well written series. And Duris Sue, I think is this great in the lead role. Uh, not sure this is gonna be one for you Hannah

No, it, it, it's not what I would choose, but I can see why it is great. Um, and I do think you are right. You need to see, um, So one first because it kind of gives you the context and it gives you the background. What interests me about something like this is that whilst it's really quite Bob Barrack in places, whilst you are witnessing really horrible things, which is kind of the reason I'm not so keen on it.

The same time, it also delves into. Why they're like it and kind of the, the backgrounds and what they've seen when they were younger and why. So it, it sort of has that kind of, that other level, that deeper level to it, which I think is quite good. So, so for me, no, it's not one for me. I, I, I wouldn't choose to watch it, but I can see why, why it's good.

And I, and I say I do like that kinda other element rather than, some things are just, they're just barbaric and that's it. This does goes some way to explaining why this is.