For example, Coppola's classic trilogy "The Godfather" and "Gangs of New York" directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis.

When it comes to gangster-themed film and television dramas, we can name many names.

For example, Coppola 's classic trilogy "The Godfather" , Martin Scorsese directed, Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis starring " gangs of new york " . Among the

drama series, there is the famous British drama " Peaky Blinders " . All six seasons have been completed this year.

The "Gangs of London" Season 1 that I will talk about today is also a British drama. It is a masterpiece that after watching it, you are looking forward to the sequel. Let us take a look at what is so good about this drama?

1 Classic Mode

In the first season, a big event was thrown out. London gang boss Finn Wallace (Finn Wallace) was shot dead by an unknown person.

Finn Wallace fell in a pool of blood

The Wallace family can be understood as the Corleone family in "The Godfather". The sudden death of such a "big man" naturally caused panic among the surrounding gangs and partners.

Gang leaders speaking different languages ​​gathered at the Wallace home for an emergency meeting before offering their condolences. The people who presided over the meeting were Ed Dumani and his son Alexander Dumani who worked with the Wallace family to conquer the world and were considered a family.

The eldest son, the successor of the Wallace family Sean Wallace was absent from the meeting, but suddenly appeared in the middle of the meeting, and overturned what Dumani and his son had just said, he would suspend the business until he found the killer. parent murderer .

Joe Cole, who plays Sean, has also starred in "Peaky Blinders".

The gang boss is dead, and the son who replaces him can take charge of the overall situation. This is what Ed explained to everyone present. But Sean's decision was clearly motivated.

The stoppage of the gang's business chain will inevitably cause all kinds of chaos, and there will also be the possibility of taking advantage of the situation. But angry Sean only thinks about revenge.

The performance of this drama has actually foreshadowed the complicated relationship between him and Dumani and his son, and also lurks the hidden danger of rupture. The classic mode starts with how the son takes over the business left by the father. Next, it depends on how they fight.

2 Strong Woman

Her son has not yet matured and is facing this big situation. In addition to Dumani and his son, Sean's mother Marianne , the woman we often call the gang boss, also plays a key role. .

She affects family relationships, especially weighing in on the friction between Dumani and Sean, who have very different ways of doing things.

In fact, she has always been on Sean's side from the beginning. At her age, she has gone through a lot of ups and downs. should be on Dumani's side to appease the young and energetic eldest son, but she actually supports her son's actions. Violent actions.

In fact, she was originally such a woman. As the wife of a gang boss, she was naturally not a soft-hearted person. In a later episode, she discovered that there was a maid in her home who assassinated Sean, so she set up a private torture chamber and tortured her to extract a confession.

She would also turn up the music in the room to avoid hearing the screams of the person being executed. How miserable it is, everyone sees it and believes it, and the timid girl accidentally entered it.

Michelle Fairley, who plays Marianne, (Michelle Fairley) also played a mother in the popular drama " Game of Thrones " , whose throat was cut at the "Red Wedding". The one with . It seems that she has given all the opportunities to vent her hatred in this new drama...

"Game of Thrones" stills

There is also a female gang boss in this drama. In the meeting in the first episode, she is The person who directly questioned Sean’s suspension of business in the meeting.

But she underestimated Sean and wanted to continue her business regardless of his opinions. Of course, as a descendant of the Wallace family, Sean still taught her a lesson, which actually became an opportunity for them to join forces.

This hot-tempered woman from Iraq Kurdistan can do anything unexpected for her people.

3 The methods are ruthless

The most eye-catching thing about gangster dramas is the cruelty of the methods. Let’s not talk about Marianne’s lynching. Many scenes in are not the process, but the results that will shock you. In the first scene of the first episode of the

series, Sean lit a person on fire at the top of the building, and then the fire burned the rope, and a "fireball man" fell down.

There are even more horrific scenes like this, such as a row of hands being chopped off.

These cruelties to people have shown the viciousness of the perpetrators, and the most effective thing is Sean's threats to business investors to express the huge anger in his heart.

That is, instantly blew up a newly built building .

Ironically, the background music is the famous " Nessun Dorma Tonight" from the opera "Turandot". The close-up of the moment when the building explodes is also the highest note of the opera.

At night, a big explosion suddenly occurred, which indeed made many relevant stakeholders sleepless.

4 Many movie fans already know this part of the shootout scene, that is "The Raid" director Gareth Evans (Gareth Evans) joined, making this drama more enjoyable and more brutal.

This kind of effect can only be known by watching it. I won’t go into details. I’ll show you a few small animations to get a feel for it.

At the end of the second episode, bloodbathed the gypsy camp .

At the end of the fifth episode, the same line up to hunt , trying to swallow up everyone in the house. Both sides resisted desperately and suffered heavy casualties.

5 Close combat

In fact, generally speaking, gun fight scenes and close combat scenes can be called action scenes. The reason why I took it out separately is because what Evans is most famous for is that in close combat, it is fun to watch.

In this drama, there is actually no need to show these frequently, just show off your hands and have fun. The two most representative action scenes are both placed in the first episode.

This also introduces the other protagonist of the story, the undercover policeman Elliott who breaks into the gang.

From his fighting movements, we can find some characteristics of the close combat scenes in the movie "The Raid".

At the end of the first episode, Elliot, who was at a disadvantage, was lucky enough to defeat the big guy.

Elliot has the opportunity to enter the Wallace family, which is a good thing for his undercover work, but getting involved in the complex gang struggle also makes him unable to control himself, and his boss's trust in him is getting lower and lower.

’s kindness as a police officer will make his road very difficult.

6 Suspense

Interestingly, the biggest suspense point is still the dead Finn Wallace. The secrets he didn't want to tell during his lifetime were all kinds of time bombs planted after his death.

His death was all because of his extramarital affair. He even named an island he bought after this woman. More importantly, this woman was pregnant with his child .

The two shootout scenes mentioned just now are actually related to the young boy who killed Wallace. It was on the night that Finn went to find this lover that he was killed. But the annihilation of the entire Gypsy tribe does not mean the end of the war, but a new beginning.

Finn concealed many things before his death. Not even his old partner Dumani knows the whole truth.But at least Dumani concealed the affair for him, which became the trigger for his break with the Wallace family. As his wife, Marianne's anger can be imagined.

Gang conflicts are all caused by interests, and it is also related to the weakening of morale after Wallace fell.

Since there are Iraqis , there can also be Pakistani people , and the son of the gang leader even ran for mayor of London.

can also have Albanian .

and Nigeria people , yes, chop hands is their masterpiece.

Therefore, it would be strange for such various people to not cause chaos, and when this chaos occurs, all kinds of unresolved things will emerge one after another, and the mysterious behind-the-scenes manipulator is actually someone else.

Unconsciously, you will read it with questions.

7 Unexpected

takes an example to illustrate.

In the second half of the fourth episode, Sean Wallace summoned Doumani's family to a party to get closer to each other. But Dumani went to meet with the investors of the Wallace family behind Sean’s back before dinner.

Before Dumani came back, Sean made an appointment to meet Luan, the leader of Albanian , but both parties were attacked by assassins and started a street fight. Elliot, who arrived, blocked the bullet for Sean.

From the face-to-face negotiation to when Elliot was shot and brought back to Wallace's home, this accident solved three problems:

One of them, , was originally suspected of Lu An threatening Sean. Cleared his suspicion.

Second , Mark, the man next to Sean, doubted Elliot's identity, tied his hands in the car and prepared to hand him over to Sean for questioning. However, Mark was shot in the head to protect Sean, and Elliot broke free to block his hands. Bullet, on the contrary, was more valued by Sean.

In the third , the Dumani father and son who rushed to the Wallace home happened to witness a third party accomplice, a maid hidden in the Wallace home, trying to shoot Sean. Alexandre Doumani hit the maid and no longer had to explain his tardiness.

This episode ends on a glass shattered by a bullet, which is a good way to deal with it. metaphors the fragmentation of the current environment.

8 Tension

The creation of a tense atmosphere, like suspense and surprise, is the key to promoting the storyline.

The best effect of tension is that is those moments when we know something is going to happen, but we don't know exactly what it will be.

And if an unexpected plot happens at this time, it will be even better.

Therefore, the unexpected plot mentioned above is actually full of tension, but the tension of the following scene is even better, because it takes place in the last episode of the first season, and everyone knows that the most critical thing needs to be revealed.

Elliot's undercover identity was still exposed, but Sean wanted to make a deal with him and called Alexander Dumani, thinking that he could influence his peers and revive the Wallace family.

Eliot was searched by the gatekeeper when he entered, and his gun was confiscated; and Alexander bribed the minions at the door with money, so the gun got into trouble...

Who did the gun hit? , I won’t mention it here.

Finally, let’s talk about the “shooting and shooting” lesson that Fionn Wallace taught his sons Sean and Billy. When they were teenagers, Fionn and Marian took their two sons to the forest.

There is a human head covered by a bucket in the clearing in the forest. The person is still alive. Finn wants Sean to kill this person. Since it was his first time to kill someone, he couldn't look straight, so his father put the lid on the barrel and asked him to shoot through the barrel.

The gun went off and it hit, but was it really Sean who hit ?

and the following picture of the tender and tough Eliot being pushed up the wall by a strong man. What's going on?

is just like the last easter egg in this drama. You can watch this drama with curiosity.