The Gentlemen 2019 by AverageMansReviews

The Gentlemen 2019 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/stabbing/decapitation/running over/drugs/human-trafficking/suicide/animal cruelty/animal cruelty/human waste/vomiting/elements relating to Russia.

What we have here is one half written/screenplay, directed and starring Guy Ritchie as Mirimax Studio Executive: from the very beginning I will have to do this review in a general sense, because let's just say the language in this film is of an hard adult variety. But back to this film; basically we have Fletcher [Hugh Grant] who comes to see Raymond Smith [Charlie Hunnam] who is far from impressed that he has come to his home at this time, actually Smith isn't too keen on Fletcher anyway; Fletcher comes across as a calculated weasel as you will quickly understand in due course. Fletcher has a story to tell in fact he has made it into a script and wants to sell it to a film studio, he offers Smith an opportunity to work on it with him, but he declines. This script involves Smith and his boss Michael "Mickey" Pearson [Matthew McConaghy] Smith is his right-hand man [this story will involve many other characters as well] in a nutshell Fletcher is blackmailing Michael for £20 million, because he wants to retire from this life or the truth will come out.

The framework and the pacing of this 113 minutes is excellently designed to incorporate the storyteller outlay from Fletcher, back and forward in time and without giving too much away, to sometimes indicate things that may or may not have happened; changing of perspective.

For the comedy there is a good mixture of comedy and seriousness including action as well; we have come to the point in Fletcher's story where we are in this scene; where "Dry Eye" [Henry Golding] with his henchmen has this meeting with Michael, because out of respect for his wife Rosalind Pearson [Michelle Dockery;] "Dry Eye" delivered some nice to her which she is also in her own right is successful criminal business woman that is her own garage business or something to that effect, but instead of payment "Dry Eye" wants a sit down with her husband Michael which on a quick side note when this meeting takes place and does say this in one way or another; I'm doing this out of the respect of my wife do not use her again. So as you can tell he is already thrilled to be having this meeting in the first place where they discuss the price of Michael's incredibly successful marijuana growing and export business; like Fletcher Michael is looking to move on in his life so he is looking for a seller, they do talk about this but to put this short; this meeting goes Fletcher's creative to say the very least for the script/film version of Fletcher acknowledges this is what he had done at the end; where things get out of hand and Michael takes care of "Dry Eye" or we hear it from someone/see it how it actually went down and yes we get the fast-rewind effects on screen, because Smith was actually there in the background doing his work facing away from the meeting to begin with, but as things intensified he turns around to see and eventually participate in this intense situation.

Another example of this including the art now is we have these young and up-and-coming boxers that clearly have some other form of martial arts under their belts as they hit one of these secret locations where Michael's grows his product; this location has security but unfortunately they get their posterior handed to them and because these individuals are young they record this raid and combat sequence to make it into a music video which they upload; the audience gets to see some of this version and during first lot of credits to the right hand side we get to see another version. These young boxers belong to this boxing gym ran and their coach is actually by the name of Coach [Colin Farrell] The character developments and the performances; the character developments are either they grow into the people they become or they are stronger and well rounded versions of what they are meant to be and for the performances; this is the cast performance there is a excellent positive flow of on-screen chemistry from everyone involved

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent if you like a British look and feel of filmmaking including mature content with excellent imagination and creativity in one way or another, this film will suit you down to the ground. I mean it should have been accredited more awards, on reflection I have decided to award another mark, based on; this is possibly Guy Ritchie's best film ever and just to cover my back I have seen a selection of his films I haven't seen them in years of what I can remember, so this is just based on here and now or likewise just in case I find another film of his in the future or a something new comes out. This film also has some awards accredited to it; Winner 1 British Film Designers Guild Awards 2020 BFDG Award Best Production Design for an Independent Feature Film - Contemporary Gemma Jackson (production designer) Martyn John (supervising art director) Sarah Whittle (set decorator) Winner BFDG Production Design Awards 2020 and 4 Nominees that includes Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2021 Saturn Award Best Action/Adventure Film.