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- AMC
- Apr 23, 2020
- AMC
- Apr 23, 2020
Summary The British crime drama created by Gareth Evans begins with the assassination of crime lord Finn Wallace (Colm Meaney), which creates a power vacuum. His son, Sean Wallace (Joe Cole), seeks to take over with the help of Ed Dumani (Lucian Msamati), but the Albanian Mafia, the Kurds, the Pakistanis, and Welsh travellers all see an opening ...
Created By: Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery
- AMC
- Apr 23, 2020
- AMC
- Apr 23, 2020
Summary The British crime drama created by Gareth Evans begins with the assassination of crime lord Finn Wallace (Colm Meaney), which creates a power vacuum. His son, Sean Wallace (Joe Cole), seeks to take over with the help of Ed Dumani (Lucian Msamati), but the Albanian Mafia, the Kurds, the Pakistanis, and Welsh travellers all see an opening ...
Created By: Gareth Evans, Matt Flannery
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
73% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
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7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
73% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
AMC’s newest British crime drama is replete with violence, slathering on the carnage like so much frosting on a cake, but its excess is intentional and its pacing exquisite. ... I love it. I cannot get enough of this show. ... Gangs of London isn’t for the squeamish, but its baroquely complex universe can be a thrilling one to visit.
Gangs Of London is populated with compelling characters and stories, including the interconnected history of the Wallace and Dumani families.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
26% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
16% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 31 User Ratings
6.5
58% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
26% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
16% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Beautifully filmed violence. Sky never lets me down with story and cinematography
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SEASON 1
While a lot of viewers will get distracted by the violence, this show has the most dynamic and well crafted action scenes seen on the small screen.
The show starts of with a bang and has an intriguing and captivating plot, but as the body count rises the story starts slippiing which is a shame.
Evan's organised crime caper on steroids is still an entertaing ride nonetheless.
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SEASON 1
“Gangs of London” is a bold continuation of the mafia movie tradition, yet like the inexperienced figures at its center, the show carves its own enthralling path.
Overall, Gangs of London promises to be a wild and wildly polished ride, even before the twist at the end of the 90-minute opener.
Spectacular, cartoonish ultraviolence becomes less of a selling point as the series goes on. Its replacement — a parable of toxic masculinity about men making the most savage possible choice to avoid appearing “soft’ in front of other men — becomes tedious. But it’s worth waiting out Gangs’ less distinguished bits to get to those Evans setpieces.
The show does well to quickly build its own mythology, and there are interesting elements sprinkled throughout related to class, race and poor, Sixties immigrants raising well-educated sons. ... You just wish Gangs of London would settle on a consistent mood: either lean into the nonsense, or quit pretending you’re The Wire. As it stands, you probably wouldn’t want to join this particular gang.
None of it rings true. The cast is high-calibre – the aforementioned actors have done excellent work elsewhere, as have the likes of Mark Lewis Jones, Michelle Fairley and David Bradley, and Dirisu is good – but they’re lumbered with terrible dialogue.
Binge watched it, and actually really enjoyed it. Finally the Danish make it into a show, I'll leave it at that so not to spoil anything :)
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SEASON 1
It starts off promising but ends up in stupid violence with no reality anchoring at all.
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SEASON 1
This series starts off promisingly enough and initially seems glossy and stylish but takes an express train down a steep hill after the halfway point. It just gets ridiculous, pointless and frankly boring in terms of plot. The lead actor is badly cast here - he's about as believable as the mob boss as a unicorn. Another Sky production that yet again flatters to deceive. The only fun and interesting character was the blocky Albanian dude.
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