Tells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.
Stars: Paapa Essiedu, Sope Dirisu and Jasmine Armando
Full Cast: Fady Elsayed, Aymen Hamdouchi, Salem Kali, Waleed Zuaiter, Joe Cole, Valene Kane, Michelle Fairley, Lucian Msamati, Orli Shuka, Rom Blanco, Narges Rashidi, Taye Matthew
Episode Guide
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9.5 Gangs of London Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; If you have ever watched The Raid you will know what I mean, a high octane, ultra violent, thrill ride, with some Incredible fight scenes. All rammed down your throat for the main course and then a slice of "what have I just watched" for desert.
The best I could liken this show to is the secret love child of Layer Cake and John Wick, adopted by Guy Ritchie.
Some top drawer acting, a real gritty, dark, thrilling aura, and really good production values; it feels expensive. It's got the binge factor that's for sure, I was hooked from the first major action scene.
They've really raised the bar on this in terms of British action / drama.
To pre warn people - if you don't like drawn out, viciously violent fight scenes, this won't be for you, it's graphic.
If you have ever watched The Raid you will know what I mean, a high octane, ultra violent, thrill ride, with some Incredible fight scenes. All rammed down your throat for the main course and then a slice of "what have I just watched" for desert.
The best I could liken this show to is the secret love child of Layer Cake and John Wick, adopted by Guy Ritchie.
Some top drawer acting, a real gritty, dark, thrilling aura, and really good production values; it feels expensive. It's got the binge factor that's for sure, I was hooked from the first major action scene.
They've really raised the bar on this in terms of British action / drama.
To pre warn people - if you don't like drawn out, viciously violent fight scenes, this won't be for you, it's graphic.
Gangs of London watchseries. I can't deny the show is massively entertaining with some great characters and really amazing action scenes. I enjoyed it.
My big problem with the show is how ludicriously far-fetched it is after the first few episodes, it was almost veering into fantasy territory! I definitely expected something a little more grounded or at least semi-realistic, but it's not at all once you get past the first episode or two.
I also think Joe Cole was wrong for the part, I didn't ever get a real sense of volatility or menance from him at all....just didn't work for me. Cast is generally fairly good though.
There are some amazing action scenes mid-season that never sort of appear again, I was disapppointed with the downward slide towards the end in this regard. But what's in there is really, really good. Real punch to it.
If you love over the top, action packed TV shows with hyper violence, this one fits the bill pretty well, but it's not really intelligent or smart TV - more a popcorn show.
A lot of people calling it the most violent thing they have ever seen, which seems a bit OTT to me - it is most definitely violent, but no more so than the likes of Game of Thrones or Banshee, or Boardwalk Empire.
In fact I think because it's so ludicriously OTT, the violence doesn't even connect as much as it did in say, Boardwalk Empire.
How this show has such a high rating is beyond me, yes it's entertaining on a I like abit of violence level, but the storyline, acting, characters and plot are very cliched and nothing special. Also you need to understand the police in this tv show do not appear to exist in their world, episode 7 is a prime example.
I've never seen so many 10/10 reviews - either people are on lockdown and have nothing better to do or there are a certain number of fakes here. The show is ok, it's not great, it's ok. It got a bit weird half way thru and the story seemed to jump without reason. It's violent but it's not the most violent thing ever seen on tv by any means. It was an ok watch but I was expecting more.
Was looking forward to this when I saw the cast & the plot but it left me very disappointed. Some of the acting was just woeful & the action scenes are absolutely ridiculous, it seems like they've made most of them extra gory to make you forget just how unbelievable they are. It's like something a bunch of over-enthusiastic 16 year olds would like, not any adult with half a brain.
... and the lead actor, Joe Cole, is one of them. He's not a strong enough actor to play a role like this. Think Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday. Cole is too lightweight. He was okay in Peaky Blinders because his character was different in that he was second fiddle to Cillan Murphy. And the violence seems to be gratuitous. The storyline is a well worn cliche. Compare with Gangs of New York.