``The Gentlemen'' Everyone has grown up since then. “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” like 20 years later

"The Gentlemen" synopsis

Mickey, the "cannabis king" who made a huge fortune from cannabis in London, sells his business worth 50 billion yen and retires to live a peaceful life with his wife in order to get rid of his work in the underworld. It was. Mickey chooses a Jewish millionaire as the buyer. However, there are men around him who are trying to get in the way of Mickey. Will Mickey be able to overcome their intentions and sell the business?

Index

• Guy Ritchie updates his early work
• Talkative narrators Hugh Grant and Guy Ritchie's ``Affordability''
• Conversation plays are all about the action of words, characters and lines.
• “Rock, Stock” 20 years later, when everyone has grown up

Guy Ritchie updates his early work

Film director Guy Ritchie, who made his spectacular feature debut with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), has been known for his stylish images, action, and fashion for many years. However, when you watch his latest work, ``The Gentlemen'' (2019), you can clearly see that his true strength lies in storytelling. This is a work in which Ritchie is fully loaded with his skill in ``telling a story.''

The main character of the story is Mickey, a ``cannabis king'' who has amassed a huge fortune from cannabis in London. In order to take a break from his work in the underworld, he sells off his 50 billion yen worth of business, retires, and tries to live a peaceful life with his wife. Mickey chooses Matthew, a Jewish millionaire, as the buyer. However, the people around them include Dave, the editor-in-chief of a gossip magazine who tries to expose Mickey's misdeeds, Fletcher, a private investigator who sniffs out Mickey and others, Dry Eye, a Chinese mafia member who is in conflict with Mickey, and even more bloodthirsty people. The coaches at the boxing gym, who lead the young men, were milling about. Will Mickey, the king, be able to go through their plans and sell the business? The men's negotiations begin, which will not be easy.

"The Gentlemen" preview

Regarding this film, ``The Gentlemen'', Guy Ritchie has frankly said from the beginning that ``This time, we are going back to our roots.'' Producer Bill Block has said that the film is a "tribute to previous films," with "related themes and similar characters that have evolved over the past 20 years."

Come to think of it, his debut novel ``Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' was a story about a group of young London delinquents who get caught up in a conflict between gangsters and the mafia after robbing them of cannabis and cash. `` Snatch '' (2000), starring Brad Pitt and others, is a crime drama in which young people, the mafia, and bounty hunters fight over a single diamond. The elaborate structure and story of these two works, as well as their original and driven production, had a great influence on films and dramas around the world.

``The Gentlemen'' is a film The Day After Guy Ritchie himself updated about 20 years later, based on the original concept and play. You can feel the passage of time in the structure of the story, the characters and dialogue, and the content depicted.

Talkative narrators Hugh Grant and Guy Ritchie's ``Affordability''