Things get dark in Jungle, figuratively and literally. Violence, paranoia and anxiety seep into almost every scene, and in the first two episodes, its vision of a faintly dystopian, semi-futuristic London is one on which the sun never rises.
This six-part Amazon Prime Video series, which follows the interwoven stories of young men and women caught up in lives of crime, builds on the Top Boy formula and twists it in unexpected ways. That incredibly popular Netflix show was electrified by the talents of musicians-turned-actors, from Kano to Little Simz, and Jungle makes similar moves, dipping into various UK rap scenes to enlist the likes of Tinie Tempah, IAMDDB, and Unknown T for its cast.
