The Gentlemen

Engaging, devastating and thoroughly entertaining, it’s clear that with its second season, “The Gentlemen” has upped the ante and fully hit its stride.

The Gentlemen continues to be a funny, fast-paced crime drama that has the best of what Ritchie can bring to a project and not a lot of the indulgences that make us roll our eyes.

For all those who enjoyed the film, even loved it, there were others who found it too violent, too glib, too high on its own supply. If that's you, then you'll want to stay away from this series. It's Guy Ritchie going full Guy Ritchie, perhaps the most Guy Ritchie he's ever gone before. If that sounds like a bit of you, though, then strap in - it's going to be a truly wild ride.

The cast, led by the frenemy-flirtatious Theo James and Kaya Scodelario, is game. And hey, there’s only a little racism this time around. .... Surprisingly entertaining and pleasantly forgettable series.

There's enough to enjoy, especially for those who love Ritchie's signature kinetic filmmaking style and increasingly complex criminal storytelling. Overall, however, without the moments of chaotic levity that undoubtedly helped make season 1 such a hit (Daniel Ings' addict older brother, Freddy, doesn't get near enough screen time this season), season 2 feels like an entertaining but somewhat shallow eight-episode interlude.

The story behind “The Gentlemen” might be more interesting than the show, with director Guy Ritchie rebooting his 2020 movie as an eight-episode Netflix series. Yet despite the dashing presence of Theo James as the unexpected heir to a cannabis empire, the net result blows by briskly enough but yields relatively few highs.

The plot is more comprehensible, there’s less casual racism and antisemitism in the script, and Scodelario gets the heaps of screen time she deserves in a variation on Dockery’s underwritten role. But midway through season, Ritchie’s signature affectations get tiresome, and the format predictable.

Guy Ritchie at his best, with stellar turns by the ensemble cast, especially Theo James

Entertaining take on the narco gangster world of England which consists of participants ranging from posh lords, to businessmen and working class people. Acting performances stand out, pacing was decent and the blend of comedic action and drama works well. However, the clever concept was executed with linear simplicity rather than complex well layered writing. Everything the show sets up for its finale is wasted on a rather dull continuation of a rehashed and retold story.

Playing into audiences love for luxury, a series that deals with old money getting involved in the criminal world makes alot of economic sense. The film deals in mostly stereotypes but most egregiously with the idea of a super crime family that only produces and sells weed. This detracts the most from whatever realism the series approaches, yet the film relies on this belief the most at the end. The series is quite cynical about religion but not so about the upper class. It has some family elements that are pleasant reminding us of richies much better work Rocknrolla. Overall if you like ritchie films it's a pleasant watch just don't expect anything impressive.

How many times is Guy Richie going to create these cliche, pop culture, innuendo bingo driven unrealistic gangster films/series? Constant slams of wittiness and forces coolness... bore off. Snatch and Lock stock were original, because no one had done it... Here's Guy Richie using that formula over and over but with less originality.

Watchable but pretty bad. The good scenes, general ideas and some details are revamped from Guy Ritchie's movies. Kinda like a postmortem hommage. The rest is the usual modern nonsensical crapfest, with shallow scripts, characters changing from one episode to the other, long empty dialogues and nothing interesting overall