The Gentlemen: Movie Review
I love a good Guy Ritchie movie about British gangsters. Snatch and RocknRolla are among my top picks for a good viewing experience with cool music and adequate violence. The geezer has now got a new one out on the cinema screens called 'The Gentlemen'.
The premise, without too many spoilers, is quintessential Guy Ritchie. A marijuana kingpin, a dumb but ambitious son of a rival drug lord and a third conniving drug lord who thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Add a gang of youths eager for cash, their much cleverer mentor and a third perspective from an equally scummy character playing the narrator and you have all the elements for Guy Ritchie film.
'The Gentlemen' packs an impressive ensemble of actors too. The lead character Mickey played by Matthew McConaughey, his right-hand man Ray played by Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell as the Coach, Hugh Grant as Fletcher the scumbag and it even has a character for Eddie Marsan. Awesome!
The overall plot? Mickey is looking to retire from his extremely successful marijuana empire and plans to sell it for a few hundred million dollars worth of pension. Matthew has the right-sized chequebook to make the trade. Word gets out about the American ex-pat looking to sell his pot infrastructure which brings ambitious son of crack kingpin Dry Eye into the play. It's all based in Britain, it's a sophisticated and thought-out drug empire so they should all be able to conduct their business like gentlemen. But of course, it doesn't go that way and a simple retirement plan turns into a series of backstabbing plots, turf wars and blackmail. Throw in some British humour and slang, you've got an entertaining story with a runtime of just under 2 hours.
Guy Ritchie's newest instalment also features one of the key elements of any good British gangster movie - damn good music. Sure, it's not as good as RocknRolla but it keeps with the times introducing a bit of grime music as well.
I rate 'The Gentlemen' at 8 out of 10 wagyu steaks.
The premise, without too many spoilers, is quintessential Guy Ritchie. A marijuana kingpin, a dumb but ambitious son of a rival drug lord and a third conniving drug lord who thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Add a gang of youths eager for cash, their much cleverer mentor and a third perspective from an equally scummy character playing the narrator and you have all the elements for Guy Ritchie film.
'The Gentlemen' packs an impressive ensemble of actors too. The lead character Mickey played by Matthew McConaughey, his right-hand man Ray played by Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell as the Coach, Hugh Grant as Fletcher the scumbag and it even has a character for Eddie Marsan. Awesome!
The overall plot? Mickey is looking to retire from his extremely successful marijuana empire and plans to sell it for a few hundred million dollars worth of pension. Matthew has the right-sized chequebook to make the trade. Word gets out about the American ex-pat looking to sell his pot infrastructure which brings ambitious son of crack kingpin Dry Eye into the play. It's all based in Britain, it's a sophisticated and thought-out drug empire so they should all be able to conduct their business like gentlemen. But of course, it doesn't go that way and a simple retirement plan turns into a series of backstabbing plots, turf wars and blackmail. Throw in some British humour and slang, you've got an entertaining story with a runtime of just under 2 hours.
Guy Ritchie's newest instalment also features one of the key elements of any good British gangster movie - damn good music. Sure, it's not as good as RocknRolla but it keeps with the times introducing a bit of grime music as well.
I rate 'The Gentlemen' at 8 out of 10 wagyu steaks.
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