News culture “I Never Have Enough” This gangster series is a little-known gem: it’s aimed at fans of Peaky Blinders
With a successful career in cinema, Gareth Evans once tried to venture into the television series format. An idea that once again demonstrated the qualities of the Welsh director.
From Indonesian cinema to English television
It was certainly 2011 when Gareth Evans emerged as a director to follow. With his film The raida small Indonesian production, Evans surprises the whole world with a soulful, solid action film with particularly well-staged action sequences. Three years later, Evans will once again demonstrate his qualities as a director The raid 2a film that will not only succeed in equaling or even surpassing the first film, but will also offer ever more imaginative and successful scenes. And although fans are waiting for a third film in the series, Gareth Evans has only since returned to action cinema through an English series: Gangs of London.
The series, broadcast in our regions on Canal+, tells the story of Finn Wallace, who finds himself at the head of his father’s mafia empire after his death. In a London capital plagued by tensions between various criminal groups, young Finn will attempt to shed light on his father’s death. After its release in 2020 The English series was widely praised by critics for its production and the performances of its actorsuntil achieved 91% positive reviews for the first season on Rotten Tomatoes.
English robbery
While Gareth Evans was able to serve as showrunner in the first season of the series, this role was given to Corin Hardy in the second season. and will be dropped by Korean director Kim Hong Sun for the third season, which is still expected to be released at an unknown date. Note that the series adapts the video game series The short vacation including the latest opus, Gangs of Londonappeared on PSP in 2006 and was able to count on the talents of Xavier Gens (French director best known for his films), at least in the first season Hitman et Under the Seine) to produce a handful of episodes.
On his part Gareth Evans is set to return to the cinema with his feature film chaoswhose story about a detective caught in the middle of a conspiracy to kidnap a politician’s son will draw on the talents of Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight rises, Mad Max Fury Road), Timothy Oliphant (Hitman, The Mandalorian) and Forest Whitaker (Ghost dog, Black panther). However, few images of the film have been released and we shouldn’t expect a trailer until next year, as the project had just completed its final reshoots this past July.
