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Luther: The Fallen Sun, stylised onscreen simply as Luther, is a 2023 crime thriller film directed by Jamie Payne and written by Neil Cross. It serves as a film continuation of the 2010–19 British television series of the same name. The film stars Idris Elba (who also serves as a producer on the film), reprising his role as John Luther, with Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis.

Luther: The Fallen Sun was released in select cinemas on 24 February 2023, before its streaming release on 10 March 2023, by Netflix.

Plot[]

Wealthy city trader and serial killer David Robey blackmails and kidnaps young cleaner Callum Aldrich. DCI John Luther is assigned to the case and promises Callum's mother, Corrine, that he will find her son. Concerned about his involvement, Robey digs up dirt on the various illegal acts Luther has committed as a police officer, resulting in him being fired, prosecuted and imprisoned.

Robey coaxes Corrine and the parents of other victims to a house where he burns their children's corpses. She visits Luther in prison, admonishing him for not finding her son's killer. Robey sends a recording of him murdering Callum to Luther in prison via an FM radio frequency. Luther informs DCI Odette Raine, the new head of Serious and Serial Crime, of the broadcast. He liaises with prison guards and former associate McCabe to break him out of prison. Raine brings in retired DSU Martin Schenk as a consultant. Luther can trace the radio signal to an associate of Robey, Derek Standish who Luther interrogates, Standish explains that the man who he was contacted by he doesn’t know or even met. At the same time, the police arrive on scene and Luther can escape with Standish’s phone with Robey’s number in the phone.

Luther can use the phone to track Robey down at Piccadilly Circus, where Raine deploys armed police SCO19. The two confront him there, but some people he has blackmailed cause a distraction by killing themselves jumping from buildings and crashing cars. Robey escapes into the London Underground after fighting Luther and murdering an armed policeman.

Robey kidnaps Raines' daughter, Anya. Raine meets with Luther and reluctantly agrees to work with him. They visit Robey's ex-wife, Georgette, discovering he owns property abroad. DS Archie Woodward, Raines's subordinate, is blackmailed by Robey into killing Georgette but is intercepted by Schenk. He commits suicide.

Luther and Raine travel to Robey's mansion in rural Norway, where they discover he tortures kidnapped victims on a livestream called "The Red Bunker" for his followers. The two are overpowered, and Robey tries to force them to hurt each other to save Anya. Luther reveals Georgette told the police the location and they are en route. After a brutal fight, the three can escape the bunker, and Luther chases Robey into a frozen lake, where Robey drowns. Luther is rescued by police divers and Schenk. Recovering from his injuries back in London he is approached by Cranfield, a senior official with MI5, who it's implied offers him a job instead of going back to prison.

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Locations[]

  • London
    • Unnamed Mansion
    • Piccadilly Circus
  • Norway
    • Robey’s mansion
      • Robey’s lair
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