Rolling Stone ‘Gangs of London’: Wham, Bam, Thank You, Man
Action master Gareth Evans, writer-director of the ‘Raid’ films, delivers stunning fight sequences in his new crime drama
By AMC/SKY
Once per episode,
Gangs of London will grab you by the scruff of the neck, hurl you against a wall, and remind you with repeated blunt force that the show comes from Gareth Evans, one of the great action directors alive. (If you haven’t seen them yet, put
The Raid: Redemption and
The Raid 2in your queue now.) Evans created the series with Matt Flannery, and co-writes and directs several of the early episodes. But whether he’s credited or not, each hour of the crime drama features a fight scene bearing his trademarks: astonishing choreography mixed with long and fluid takes to erase the thought of movie magic, plus a fair amount of gore. If they’re not the absolute peak of what’s possible for TV action, it’s only because we’re coming off a decade th