The Gentlemen
2024
Original language: English
- comedy
- drama
- crime
The story
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
What it’s like
Saturated, hyper-stylised English country-house look: sun-warmed greens and mahogany, cigar-smoke haze in wood-panelled rooms, and sudden bursts of pop-coloured violence and bright greenhouse light. Ritchie's camera is restless, with quick whip pans, freeze-frames, split screens and voiceover-driven cutaways, while the soundtrack leans on brassy, jaunty needle-drops that make even tense scenes feel like a caper. The vibe is smart-aleck and swaggering: cheeky, fast-talking, slightly absurd, a crime comedy that cheerfully plays dress-up with posh manners and gangster ruthlessness. It suits a loud, laughing binge on a weekend night or a rewatch when you want energy and banter rather than quiet. Pacing is brisk and episodic, with a rhythm of escalating feuds and sharp reversals, and its emotional register is mostly wry, with an underlying affection for scheming misfits, including a heir who slowly learns to be more than a dilettante. Violence is frequent and stylised, with bloody fights, shootings and some gore, plus crude language, drug use and sexual innuendo; it's comic rather than bleak, but not gentle. For people who like rowdy, stylish crime capers with a dark sense of humour and no interest in quiet, sincere drama.
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