Few would argue that Idris Elba has enjoyed a stellar year on the big screen. His latest is a drama that seems to be kind of emotional and quiet and then suddenly very, very crazy.
Entitled , Elba leads the cast of Jim O’Hanlon’s pulsing crime thriller as Max, a retired rugby player who becomes entangled in London’s underground drug ring. What starts off as a one-time indulgence soon begins to corrupt his life from the ground up, with Gemma Arterton’s Emily experiencing the brunt of that meltdown in today’s gripping first trailer.
Also starring Franz Drameh, Tom Cullen, Ken Stott, Charlie Creed-Miles, and Kierston Wareing, the official logline promises a “layered and gripping drama, which takes a fresh look at the vibrant and compelling life of residents in contemporary London “ the destination capital of the world.”
The intense sizzle reel above is only a minute and a half long, meaning there’s naturally only so much we can glean from this early preview. Still, the fact that Elba and Arterton are attached is intriguing in and of itself.
100 Streets will be out in the UK this November and in the US on January 13.
