Before becoming a feature film, The Gentlemen was first conceived as a TV series. It was its director, Guy Ritchie, who came up with the idea 10 years earlier: he signed the script, which he reworked intensively, even rewriting scenes on the day of shooting.
A change of format, of course, but also a change of title: the film was originally called “Toff Guys,” a term derived from British slang for “ruppins,” i.e., people of aristocratic descent who display a sense of superiority. appropriate.
The feature film, now titled Gentlemen, tells the story of Mickey Pearson, an American graduate student from Oxford who uses his special skills and dares to become a drug dealer in London.
There, he oversees a vast enterprise hidden in the estates of the cash-strapped British aristocracy, a veritable empire where marijuana is king. However, now he wants to live with his beloved woman.
When he tries to exit the market and sell his empire to a fellow American billionaire, a crazy series of events begins involving blackmail, deception, mayhem and murder between street thugs, Russian oligarchs, Triad gangsters and gutter journalists.
With its five-star cast, The Gentlemen makes an immediate statement: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong, Henry Golding and Hugh Grant, which is saying a lot.
Acclaimed for its acting, the film also shines at the box office, bringing in just over $115 million against its announced budget of $22 million. Faced with such success, a series is even being filmed.
Action, humor, violence (in a bespoke suit, please) and glamour: the mix is explosive and perfect. The Gentlemen can therefore boast their insanely eclectic side, characterized by frenetic pacing, a classy soundtrack and a cast of glorious thug characters as crazy as they are cute.
Guy Ritchie, playing with codes and revisiting – even reinventing – the gangster film, is here to be praised by critics and the public, who place this feature film among the best in his filmography.
With its vintage screenplay, flawless narration, rock editing, dark humor and politically incorrect dialogue, The Gentlemen is an outstanding, hilarious comic thriller.
Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie with Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Grant, Charlie Hunnam…
from the age of 16
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