A brooding crime-drama extension of the Peaky Blinders world with strong atmosphere, star power, and the familiar appeal of Tommy Shelby’s mythic presence. But the response suggests it can feel more like an elongated setup or brand extension than a fully satisfying standalone film, so it’s likely to land best for… Read more
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Where to watch: Buy
Movie · Crime · Drama
Thu · 1h 52m
Director: Tom Harper
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson
Overview
After his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
Director
Tom Harper
Cast
Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Rebecca Ferguson
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Verdict
A brooding crime-drama extension of the Peaky Blinders world with strong atmosphere, star power, and the familiar appeal of Tommy Shelby’s mythic presence. But the response suggests it can feel more like an elongated setup or brand extension than a fully satisfying standalone film, so it’s likely to land best for committed fans rather than newcomers.
Best for
Peaky Blinders fans who want more Tommy Shelby
Viewers who like bleak gangster melodrama
Audiences drawn to stylish period crime stories
Fans of morally compromised antiheroes
Skip if
You want a self-contained movie with a complete arc
You’re not already invested in the series
You dislike slow, mood-heavy crime drama
You expect the film to reinvent the franchise
Overview
The Immortal Man looks built around the same intoxicating ingredients that made Peaky Blinders such a durable obsession: smoke, menace, tailored swagger, and a lead character who can turn a walk across a room into a declaration of war. The setup also gives the story a sharper historical edge, with family stakes and Nazi intrigue pushing Tommy Shelby back into the kind of violence he can never quite escape.
Worth noting
That said, the reaction pattern points to a film that may be more effective as a continuation of a TV phenomenon than as a fully independent feature. The atmosphere seems intact, but some viewers found the structure thin, the momentum uneven, and the emotional payoff less potent than the series at its best.
Bottom line
If you already love this world, there’s probably enough here to enjoy the return of the character and the production’s grim, polished style. If you’re coming in cold, or hoping for a tightly engineered crime film with a clean beginning-middle-end, this may feel more like an expensive epilogue than a must-see movie.
Top Letterboxd reviews
starstruck (3★) · 10103 likes
After everything Thomas Shelby’s been through, no wonder he built the atomic bomb
thenotoriousjac (4★) · 5715 likes
Thomas Shelby aura farming for two hours straight
Dan Monaghan (1.5★) · 4811 likes
Peaky Blinders is one of the only shows I’ve ever rewatched, and it’s something I’ve always had a deep love for (for a long list of reasons). Sadly (for me) this is an incredibly disappointing film. It feels like the corpse of the show has been reanimated by a force that has no idea what made it great in the first place. This performance from Barry Keoghan is largely limp and lifeless, matching the endlessly drab, grey, and dull presentation… more
Dex (4.5★) · 3485 likes
oh, I missed so much getting huge goosebumps from seeing Thomas Shelby just walking and farming aura
Yashley (4★) · 3220 likes
Thomas Shelby will return in Avengers Doomsday
Themes
gangster legacy, family loyalty, postwar or interwar Britain, antihero mythology, fascism and political extremism, crime and power, masculine identity, revenge
Topics
crime drama, period piece, gangster film, antihero, family stakes, fascism, bleak tone, stylized violence, historical crime, prestige television spin-off