In this episode of Can I Change My Score?, Sophie and Matt finally tackle Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, the long-awaited Netflix follow-up to the gangland saga that gave us hats, brooding, and Cillian Murphy staring into the middle distance like it’s an Olympic sport.
Sophie goes in hoping for atmosphere, style and a proper send-off, only to find herself underwhelmed by fuzzy lighting, flat emotion and a plot that never quite catches fire. Matt is even harsher, questioning the script, the missing spark of the old series, and a certain typewriter-on-a-barge moment that nearly sends him over the edge.
They dig into Rebecca Ferguson’s unconvincing gypsy mystique, Barry Keoghan’s Tommy-lite energy, the absence of the old family chaos that made the series sing, and the awkward truth that without the Peaky Blinders name, this might not feel like much at all. Stylish, brooding and occasionally gripping, but missing the bite, swagger and emotional punch that made the early seasons unforgettable.
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