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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated The Gentlemen (2020) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020

The Gentlemen (2020)

2020 | Action, Crime

8.1

(34 Ratings)

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘥. I want to love Guy Ritchie returning to his gangster roots so badly, but I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact Ritchie movie before... multiple times... done less and less well with almost each subsequent attempt. I mean at least 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜.𝘕.𝘊.𝘓.𝘌. had style, at least 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘳: 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 had energy, at least 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 had nuance, and at least 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢 had personality. I don't know whether the dire restraint he shows here is an attempt at showing maturity or a lack of caring towards this story (which even at best feels like a first draft) but it plays out like the latter. A bare-bones Ritchie premise mired with flatness and unoriginality which decides it wants to be 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 in all its convoluted bullshit at the last second. Intermittently has its moments when it finally decides to put some much needed pep in its step, and overall it's at least watchable - sometimes even tricking you into thinking it might be alright - but by Lord if this just had some fun it'd be ten times better even in spite of the been-there-done-that script. Forgets it ever existed quicker than you will, even the characters are dull. Also holy shit this is easily the worst dialogue of his career.