WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Mickey Pearson is an American expatriate who became rich by building a marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business, it soon triggers an array of plots and schemes from those who want his fortune.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
Very interesting concept, but The Gentlemen needs time to do what most movies do better. Most movies can interpret their plot while still having an engrossing story throughout. The Gentlemen takes what feels like forever to get the story moving along. There’s more dialog in the first fifteen minutes of this movie than other films have in a two-hour production. No worries though, just give it time, you will understand later. So if you don’t mind hearing about everything and everybody every time the action stops, this is for you. Honestly, all that talk is mainly at the beginning of the film. If you can get past the most tedious part of this movie, it will pay off in the end. That doesn’t mean the dialog is less, it means you’ve been conditioned. This is an English (filmed in London England) film done in a traditional “let me tell you what this is all about before we get started” style they are known for. As for the story, it’s about several drug lords fighting over territory. That’s an overly simplified explanation but ultimately, that’s all it is. The plot is very convoluted and ever-changing and best of all, it gets better as it goes. It has more twist than anything M Night Shyamalan has ever done with all of his films combined. I will admit, I was surprised by the ending because no matter what I thought was going to happen was changed halfway through, and it was better. Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), Dry Eye (Henry Golding), Lord George (Tom Wu), and a horde of henchmen on both sides make this film a non-stop mystery. Hugh Grant is almost unrecognizable as Fletcher, an investigator paid to get as much dirt on Mickey Pearson’s marijuana business as he can as instructed by another person of interest, but later, he is more of a money-hungry opportunist. I would say Fletcher was the catalyst that created the domino effect of every drug-related issue but that would only be partially right. Every kingpin has a hand in making things go from bad to worse. There are times when you are not sure if what you are seeing is real or a story being told by the person involved. Nonetheless. It all comes together in the end, satisfyingly and unexpectedly, making The Gentlemen one of only a handful of movies worth seeing more than once. . . on video, of course.
OUR RATING – A PLEASING 8
Media
- Genre – Action
- Street date
- Digital – April 13th 2020
- DVD/Blu-Ray – April 21st 2020
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound – English: Dolby Atmos
- Subtitles – English SDH, Spanish
Extras
- Best Gentlemanly Quips (HD 3:09)
- Glossary of Cannabis (HD 00:46)
- Behind the Scenes of The Gentlemen (HD 1:37)
- Photo Gallery