Gangs of London Seasons 1 & 2 Boxset [DVD]

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I am afraid, contrary to majority opinion, I didn’t rate this series. Even before the end of the feature length opener, my enthusiasm had been dimmed. And by the fourth episode I really wasn’t enjoying it. I did struggle through to the end though, and as I did so I tried to analyse my feelings and what was wrong with it for me.

Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Gangs of London was described as having elements of Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones, and I can see that, so why was it I enjoyed those series but not this?

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I think there were two reasons, they had interesting characters who I cared about, this did not, together with engaging storylines, this did not. Let me begin by saying it was extremely well produced, and the atmospheric opening shot of a dark London and the truly dramatic beginning promised great things. The first problem was that much of the action continued to take place in the dark. I realise many crime series often do, but it does make for hard going at times.

Now we come to the second of the problems for me. I have never been a lover of action movies - there are only so many car chases, squealing tyres, noisy shoot outs, plane crashes, explosions, fires, etc until they all become the same as far as I am concerned. Give me tense character driven stuff any day. Gangs of London stars Joe Cole, Lucian Msamati, Sope Dirisu, Michelle Fairley, Brian Vernel and Waleed Zuaiter. But not everyone is happy about this. By the end of the season allegiances have been made and lost and the bodies have piled up. So who’s left? LuanHis presence naturally invites challenge, even from behind bars, and there's no greater rivalry to finish season two on than the one between Sean and Elliot. Dazzler Media are due to release Gangs of London Season 2 on both Blu-ray and DVD this coming Monday in the UK. But a last minute decision to help Shannon and rescue Ed changes everything for Elliot. While his father waits for him at the airport Sean has sent a goon to assassinate him. When Elliot discovers it was Sean who betrayed him it pushes him over the edge. A mission to destroy Sean in Paris results in extensive loss of life – Elliot’s a full on criminal now, and by the end of the series has vowed to take everything Sean ever had. Saba and Faz As instructed, Sean arrives at the location, a seemingly abandoned junkyard. He drags Koba's lifeless body out, offered as proof that the deed is done. Joining Hardy behind the camera this time around are Marcela Said and Nima Nourizadeh. Both inject some freshness to the show with Said’s episode four easily being one of the most distressing hours you’ll spend in front of the television this year. Said continually teases the viewer, leaving them guessing the fate of a particularly cruel Koba punishment. Nourizadeh’s episode six is equally memorable as viewers are finally treated to a showdown between two of the series’ most bitter enemies. The pay-off is well worth the wait and has one Hell of a gut-punch conclusion.