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Midway through this first feature-length outing for legendary London copper John Luther (Idris Elba), our burly, world-weary antihero wanders up to a bar for a drink. Looking shaken and stirred by his pursuit of a fiendishly clever and manipulative serial killer, he invites the barman to choose his beverage for him, only to roundly reject the suggestion of a martini and opt for plain old water instead.
Is this, after years of talk, Elba telling viewers that he will most certainly not is an attempt not just to upgrade the character from the BBC to the silver screen in a Netflix production of some size and scope, but to launch a franchise. ‘Bond, James Bond,’ will no doubt be how Craig's successor introduces himself on his first globetrotting adventure. Luther, whom Elba has stated could solve cases in such far-flung places as Colombia and Berlin, will likely settle for a more casual, ‘Wotcha.’
