"During his decade on the BBC period drama Peaky Blinders, Cillian Murphy matured visibly as a man, and also as an actor. Steven Knight wrote such a challenging and nuanced role for him, as gangster Tommy Shelby, that it wasn't surprising at all that, when the series concluded, Murphy was tapped to star as J. Robert Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan."
"The drama in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is provided by both personal and historical challenges. We last saw Tommy, in the final episode of Peaky Blinders, in the 1930s. Prohibition had been repealed in the U.S., the Nazi Party was rising in Germany, and Tommy's volatile brother, Arthur, was about to die."
"Soon Tommy finds himself having to take sides and do battle - either defending or betraying his own country, and either saving or opposing his own son. The stakes couldn't be much higher."
Cillian Murphy reprises his role as gangster Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, a film sequel to the BBC period drama. Set in the 1930s during Prohibition's repeal and the Nazi Party's rise in Germany, Tommy attempts to remain distant from conflict. However, his volatile son Duke's dangerous collaboration with British Nazi sympathizer Beckett forces Tommy into action. Tommy must navigate impossible choices between defending or betraying his country and saving or opposing his own son. Steven Knight's writing provides both personal and historical drama. The film works as a standalone but benefits from watching the six seasons of Peaky Blinders available on Netflix, as Knight's dramas are addictive and impossible to forget.
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