Logged · 2026-09-14
The Gentlemen
I liked Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen movie, with Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell and the rest of its ensemble. Its world of drug empires, gangsters and a kingpin looking to sell his business and retire made for a thoroughly entertaining crime film. Netflix’s The Gentlemen operates on similar lines and takes us back into that kind of world, this time with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario taking charge of a new story that has much more room to expand. And one of the first things that makes the series click is just how stylish it is. There is a premium feel running through almost everything — the locations, costumes, production design, cinematography and the way this wealthy aristocratic lifestyle is mixed with the criminal underworld. It looks expensive without constantly trying to announce that it is expensive. That polished presentation becomes one of the main pulling factors across the season and gives the series an identity that suits this world part