One review on 05 Mar 2022

UK 2019

Running time: 113 mins

The Gentlemen

Director : Guy Ritchie 

Setting: UK
Summary: Mickey is a Canabis King with a growing and distribution empire. But he wants to retire.

Cast:

  • Matthew McConaughey  Mickey
  • Colin Farrell  Coach (at the gym with The Toddlers)
  • Tom Wu  Lord George
  • Hugh Grant  Fletcher (the journo)
  • Henry Golding  Dry Eye (the upcoming Chinese)
  • Michelle Dockery  Rosalind (Mickey's wife)

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 Widescreen

Colour: Colour

Sound: Dolby digital

Camera: Arri Alexa XT Plus

Tech Notes: Camera : Arri Alexa XT Plus. Dolby digital

Film Category
The 2020s
Tags
First Seen: Sat 5th Mar 2022
Catalogued: 10th Mar 2022

Synopsis

Mickey (Matthew McConaughey) wants to retire and plans to sell his empire to a felllow crook Mathew (Jeremy Strong), His farms are located on impoverished British aristocrats estates and after he takes Mathew to view one it gets raided. Mayhem then ensues featuring his wife Rosalind (Michelle Dockery), his sidekick/gofer Ray (Charlie Hunnam), a gym owner/coach (Colin Farrell) and his gang of young teenage kids called The Toddlers, Chinese gangsters also involved in a war of succession, and Russian oligarachs with Mosad thugs, and the British Establishment..

All this is told through the lens of a gutter journalist Fletcher (Hugh Grant) in conversation with Ray as he attempts to blackmail Mickey to get him not to tell his story to the his editor (who is out to bring down Mickey for snubbing him at a party.

Reviews

by rogerco on Sat 5th Mar 2022 Streamed proj @ home

Well paced Brit gangster action

Summary

with comedy element and some style

Full review

And lovely to see Hugh Grant not playing an annoying toffish character. Possibly his best film.

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