TV Show Review - Peaky Blinders (Season 2)

Season: 2
Genre: Thriller/ Drama/ Crime
Number of episodes: 6
Year: 2014
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Annabelle Wallis, Sophie Rundle, Joe Cole, Tom Hardy

Description: A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy)

Review: “Peaky Blinders” has a strong first season, that made me jump into season 2 immediately. And it’s even better! More locations are used and new characters are added, with the most important ones being Alfie Solomons (played by Tom Hardy) and Darby Sabini (played by Noah Taylor). Real personalities.
Tommy Shelby could use some opponents that are a serious threat. Where in the first season Tommy tries to own Birmingham, he now tries to take over London. But London just happens to be the terrain for Solomons and Sabini. Tommy is even more ambitious in season 2. He buys a race horse and meets some elites, which he manages to win for him. And even Winston Churchill wants to work with him. Tommy has to deal with Chester Campbell again as well, but this season focusses on the expansion of the Shelby family.
Arthur and John get more responsibilities. Paul Anderson, who portrays Arthur, gets more interesting things to do with his character. And the same goes for Helen McCrory, as Aunt Polly, who starts a search for her long lost children that were taken from her. But her storyline is the least interesting. I also found the romance story of Tommy and his old love a bit rushed this time.
Cillian Murphy is again the man that carries the series, as Tommy. But he is very well assisted by Tom Hardy this time. He’s only in a few scenes, but he steels them all. He has such charisma, it almost makes Murphy fade away.
The most epic moments of this season are definitely the ambush by Sabini in the first episode and the big fight scene in Sabini’s London club.
The second season did it again and was very strong. Let season 3 begin!