The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a 2019 gangster film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who developed the story along with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. It follows an American drug lord in England who is looking to sell his business, setting off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him. The Gentlemen premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020, by Entertainment Film Distributors, and in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success, grossing $115 million worldwide against its $22 million budget. A spin-off television series was released by Netflix in 2024 with Theo James starring in the lead role.
And you haven't heard a whisper? How can so much bush go missing and nobody know nothing? [man over phone] Ah, I've heard nothing, Coach, honestly. Nothing on the street. But you know what? There is this geezer called Mickey Pearson. - Who the fuck is Mickey Pearson? - Ah, you know him. He runs the bush game. He's a horrible cunt. You don't wanna step on his toes. But there's no way your lads jimmied their way into his car, so I wouldn't concern yourself with that. All right, you know where to find me, Chasa. Keep your ear to the ground. Primetime, in you get. [Primetime exhaling] Ernie.
The Gentlemen