‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Review: Cillian Murphy Brings An Emotional Flourish To Tom Harper’s Handsome Gangster Series Spin-Off

“Who the f*ck is Tommy Shelby?” It’s a fair question; at the beginning of this handsome feature-length outing for the BBC’s famously violent period gangster drama, even he doesn’t seem to know any more. Set six years after the last series, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man finds its antihero living in purgatory, far away from […] ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Netflix “Who the f*ck is Tommy Shelby?” It’s a fair question; at the beginning of this handsome feature-length outing for the BBC’s famously violent period gangster drama, even he doesn’t seem to know any more. Set six years after the last series, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man finds its antihero living in purgatory, far away from the public eye and dealing with a very troubled conscience. Happily, however, Tom Harper’s movie isn’t equally weighted down by history. Though multiple characters from the show return, notably Oppenheimer Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy as the ice-cool Tommy, another destroyer of worlds, The Immortal Man works perfectly well on its own terms, taking its key themes — family, trust and betrayal — to their logical end in a father-and-son story with Oedipal overtones. Related Stories News Cillian Murphy On '28 Years Later' Future & Says He's "Categorically Not" In 'Harry Potter' Series