Life is good for Eddie Horniman (Theo James.) Having successfully retained control over the vast cannabis empire growing underneath his family's estate, he's eager to expand the market. His business partner Susie (Kaya Scodelario) helps keep things running, even if it's her father Bobby (Ray Winstone) who is still pulling the strings from prison. The next stop: landing a seat in the House of Lords so that he can influence the law and make them all richer. But nothing ever goes smoothly in the upper echelons of power. There are back-stabbing Italian growers, a Mafioso with a grudge, a born-again brother fresh out of rehab, and a lot of dead bodies to deal with.
Unsatisfied with being a prolific filmmaker (he's made nine films in a decade, with two more on the horizon), Guy Ritchie has expanded into television with remarkable efficiency. It's paid off too, with shows like MobLand and Young Sherlock winning over audiences and even some of the critics who would otherwise reject him. The Gentlemen, a loose spinoff of the 2019 film of the same name, is pure unfettered Ritchie, albeit with fewer splashy set-pieces. It’s a shameless slice of profane madness that plays like a full bingo card of Ritchie-isms: slick camera work, rowdy blokes with guns, lots of blood and swearing, and a distinctly English kind of humor that mocks that which it loves. Don’t expect a deviation from the formula with Season 2 of The Gentlemen: the ship is right on course, thank you very much.
