Gangs of London: Trademark Indonesian Gore Fest with A Hint of European Sophistication
Since attention span is a bit of a problem these days, a money scene at the inception of a series is a must. Nailing viewers to chairs right at the beginning of the action insures loyalty for at least three-four upcoming episodes which is necessary to get the stats right, reviews in, and adverts out.
The new Sky/Comcast co-production “Gangs of London” uses for that purpose the burning of a teenager who literally hangs by a thread dangling upside down off the edge of a concrete partition at one of London’s high-rise construction sites.
A sinister figure appears at the edge right above the poor soul who shrieks in terror knowing what awaits him. The man looks down into the hungry maw of the city, silent, no fear of heights. The boy begs for mercy. Apparently, something abstruse is happening inside the executioner’s mind because he answers the multiple “don’t kill me” with the rhetorical “what else can I do,” showers the by-then near-catatonic teen with petrol and strikes a match…
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