After playing a detestable toxic husband in The White Lotus, it is still curious to see Theo James as a good hearted Duke/Gangster in the Netflix series The Gentlemen. Yes, it’s the same name and similar premise as Guy Ritchie‘s 2019 film starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam and Colin Farrell, but a little further. If you enjoy Ritchie’s cadence and style, you’ll love it. I liked.

The director’s specialty, since his debut, has been parading endless unpleasant people and a series of unforeseen events triggering others. Here we follow British Army Captain Eddie Horniman (Theo James), who inherits the title of 12th Duke of Halstead, as well as his father’s estate and the problems of his older brother, Freddy (Daniel Ings), which include addiction to drugs and gambling debts.

Most importantly, Eddie also inherits his father’s contract with drug dealers who use an underground facility to grow and sell marijuana. The business is run by Susie Banks (Kaya Scodelario), the drug dealer’s daughter who heads the business on behalf of Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) while he serves time in prison. Eddie and Susie work out an agreement in which the Duke wants out of the contract, but obviously nothing will be very easy.

The truth is that if you’ve seen a single Guy Ritchie film you’ve seen them all: it’s the same clipped rhythm, editing, the same sequences of blows being narrated with slow or scratched images, but they work and leave us guessing what’s coming next. Then, in general, another surprise. Everything is stitched together in eight violent – but delicious – episodes, with a huge number of scammers parading each one.

If you haven’t seen the film it’s okay because the only thing in common is the concept of plantations buried under the homes of British aristocrats, everything else was rethought and rewritten by Ritchie. Personally, I think it still seems a bit stretched out (the story would be resolved with one or two fewer episodes), but as I said, it’s entertaining every second. It’s a shame that Theo James mentioned the lack of plans to continue… really?

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