Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man

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⭐ 5/10

This is a Netflix dumpster fire if I have ever seen one. Big budget, a couple stars (including a now Oscar winner back in the title role), but a nothing script with empty meaningless dialogue. This movie is for people that get turned on seeing Tommy Shelby put his hat on and walk in slow motion. Much like the final season it only cares about the glorification of its star instead of, I don't know, telling an interesting story.

Barry Keoghan is here as his son, which is kind of cool casting, but whatever, he's an angry pitbull son causing lots of issues, and Tommy needs to come out of retirement to set him straight. That's basically all there is to this? Arthur is now dead, a fact that infuriated me since the show didn't have the guts to kill him, and not only that, he dies off screen! The actor isn't even here for a flashback. A true tragedy, the ultimate act of cowardice. Tommy's involvement in his death is used for a dramatic moment, but its so stupid and unbelievable.

Since Letterboxd exists and this movie came out this year (!!) I could read some reviews, and was happy to see that Peaky Blinders superfans also hated this. The movie does actually kill Tommy, but man is it a lame death, I was completely unmoved and actually angry that they chose to do this in this movie that would be lucky to be picked out of a DVD bargain bin.

Rebecca Ferguson is here too! In a hilariously terrible moment when Tommy sees her for the first time, she's like, you must be seeing my twin sister, the one you spend an afternoon with under the shade of an oak tree, leading to the birth of Duke, the son causing you so much trouble. Thanks writers! Of course he sleeps with her, that's typical for this show, but she is doing nothing except trying to echo his millions of other flings.

You know who else is here is Stephen Graham! He had a strangely tiny part in Season 6, slightly smaller role here, but again he's basically there to react to Tommy. So weird, especially after the success of Adolescence, this guy is top tier and has been for many years, so why does he subject himself to this. I would guess the answer is money, or part of some overall deal with Netflix while he works on the next season of Adolescence. He's a big part in Boardwalk Empire, he's also in The Irishman, so the lineage of him in this show is a nice connection, but what the heck.

This is too many words for this movie. An embarrassing final chapter for a show that already had an embarrassing final chapter.

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