- Network: AMC , Sky Atlantic , AMC+
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 23, 2020
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The real question with Gangs of London is just how much loyalty should be engendered by one fabulously orchestrated bit of ultraviolence in each hour. Because outside of those big set pieces, it’s a competent but unremarkable crime drama with a pretty good cast.
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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.
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After a promising first half hour, the writers basically give up any pretense of constructing a good narrative, and the show slips into sanguinary dreck. The really offensive part here isn’t the violence. It doesn’t take long to understand that rather than using it to illustrate a point about the nature of the world, as the truly great shows do, the creators just seem to get off on the ugly depictions.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 30
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Mixed: 8 out of 30
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Negative: 5 out of 30
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Mar 1, 2021
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Dec 20, 2020Beautifully filmed violence. Sky never lets me down with story and cinematography
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Apr 6, 2021