History Film / TheGentlemen

** [[spoiler: The death of the russian addict midway through the film sets up the climax.]]

* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: A variant with the Coach, who insists that The Toddlers are good lads in a bad situation, even as they deliberately embroil themselves in crime.
* MobWar: Mickey Pearson (Creator/MatthewMcConaughey) winds up fighting one against Dry Eye (Creator/HenryGolding).

* AccidentalMurder: Aslan's death realyl wasn't planned. During the struggle in Noel's flat, Dave gives him a shove to get him off his back, and Aslan stumbles over the edge of the balcony.

* AnimalMotifs: Mickey as the Lion and [[TheKingpin the king of the jungle]], naturally, and Dry-Eyes as the foreign Dragon seeking his territory.

* Retirony: Mickey's life heats up only when he starts working to get out of the game. [[spoiler: Justified in that the man he's trying to sell to is deliberately antagonizing his empire in order to drive down his prices.]]

* TheTriadsandtheTongs: Lord Howard and Dry-Eyes, forming the antagonists of the movie. [[spoiler: Well, one set of antagonists...]]

* DamnItFeelsGoodtoBeAGangster: Oh yeah. [[spoiler: Notably, it's a rare modern example that [[KarmaHoudini doesn't end with Mickey's death,]] while still not making light of the downsides of life as a gangster.]]

* CantStoptheSignal: Fletcher is GenreSavvy enough to plan ahead and mention his "Insurance" to Raymond's face. [[spoiler: Eventually Defied, as Raymond hunts down and destroys the other copies and has the news anchor Fletcher was going to talk to "dealt with"]].

* DamnItFeelsGoodtoBeaGangster: Oh yeah. [[spoiler: Notably, it's a rare modern example that [[KarmaHoudini doesn't end with Mickey's death,]] while still not making light of the downsides of life as a gangster.]]

* MamaDidn'tRaiseNoCriminal: A variant with the Coach, who insists that The Toddlers are good lads in a bad situation, even as they deliberately embroil themselves in crime.

* TigerVersusDragon: [[TropesAreFlexible A Western variant, Lion vs Dragon,]] with Mickey as the Lion and Dry-Eyes as the Dragon, tying into their animal motifs and nationalities nicely.
* ThirtyXanatosPileup: By the end of it the master plan of almost every major player has clashed into each-other at once.

* DragonAcendant: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Dry-Eyes: He kills and overtakes Lord Howard, taking his place as head of the Traids in the area, but he himself is still a patsy for another ringleader.]]

* IndulgentFantasySegue: A variant where it's done by proxy; Fletcher imagining an elaborate beating conducted by Mickey [[spoiler: to Dry-Eyes for his attempts to buy him out,]] and is immediately corrected by Raymond, who would know as he was there.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Mentioned by name. Mickey's attempts to reclaim a patrician's wayward daughter leads to them gaining the attention of Fletcher, a chase with some of the chav witnesses, the death of one of an addict, [[spoiler: and an assault by the Russian mob, including the father of that dead addict.]]

* TigerVerseDragon: [[TropesAreFlexible A western variant, Lion vs Dragon,]] with Mickey as the Lion and Dry-Eyes as the Dragon, tying into their animal motifs and nationalities nicely.

** The Toddlers break into one of Mickey's weed farms...It doesn't end well. [[spoiler: ...[[PlayingWithATrope For Mickey's farmers,]] who very much thought they were the dragons in this situation [[BewareTheSillyOnes until The Toddlers break out the mixed martial arts and wipe the floor with them.]]

** Later a DefiedTrope by [[spoilers: TheCoach,]] who recognizes that this is a smaller part of a larger organisation, and offers to make amends with Mickey to prevent the inevitable out-of-scale retaliation.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Toddlers. Goofy name, goofier videos, a source of comic relief... [[spoilers: mixed marital artists good enough to take on gangsters and win, skilled enough to ambush the TheMafiya goons coming for Mickey before Mickey knew they were coming, cruel enough to kidnap a media mogul and ''drug him [[BestialityIsDepraved into fornication with a pig for blackmail material...'']] ]]

* {{Blackmail}}: Fletcher, who's attempts to blackmail Mickey form up the framing device.
* BlackmailBackfire: Fletcher has come to expect this and makes sure to mention his "insurance policy." [[spoiler: It ends up becoming a type-two, with Raymond two steps ahead. Sure, Fletcher [[XanatosSpeedChess has a backup plan]] for his backup plan...[[DoubleSubverted Which doesn't save him in the end.]] ]]
* CheckovsGun: Naturally. [[spoiler: A literal example: a certain '[[ImplausibleDeniability paperweight.]]']]

* FluffyTheTerrible: "The Toddlers" is not a name you'd expect for a gang of Chavs, but-
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Exploited by Mickey. In return for the money needed to maintain their crumbling estates, Mickey receives the space he need to run his drug empire.

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangster: Downplayed. Mickey still deals drugs sure, but he focuses on marijuana and looks down upon those that deal rougher drugs like heroin.
** Also deconstructed. Sure, Mickey cares about the nobles who's homes he looks after- but this started as purely Pragmatic Villainy- his loyalty to them came later. In addition this attitude leads to a lot of trouble down the line.

* Retirony: Mickey's life heats up only when he starts working to get out of the game.
* PrivateDetective: Fletcher (Creator/HughGrant) is one...and a less than heroic one, being both incredibly sleazy and wanting a multi-million payout for not going to the press with his information.

* {{Blackmail:}} Fletcher, who's attempts to blackmail Mickey form up the framing device.

* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangster: Downplayed. Mickey still deals drugs sure, but he focused on marijuana and looks down upon those that deal rougher drugs like heroin.

* {{Blackmailer:}} Fletcher, who's attempts to blackmail Mickey form up the framing device.

* Blackmailer: Fletcher, who's attempts to blackmail Mickey form up the framing device.

* MobWar: Mickey Pearson (Creator/MatthewMcConaughey) winds up fighting one against Dry Eye (Creator/HenryGolding).
* PrivateDetective: Fletcher (Creator/HughGrant) is one.

''The Gentlemen'' is an upcoming crime film directed by Creator/GuyRitchie starring Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/CharlieHunnam, [[Series/DowntonAbbey Michelle Dockery]], Creator/HenryGolding, Creator/EddieMarsan, Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/HughGrant, focusing on an American expat drug lord whose marijuana empire comes under threat. It is said to be Ritchie's return to the style of his earlier films ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' and ''Film/{{Snatch}}''

* MobWar: Mickey (Creator/MatthewMcConaughey) winds up fighting one.

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!!'''This film provides examples of:'''

-> '''Coach:''' Alright, Phuc, calm the Phuc down.

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''The Gentlemen'' is an upcoming crime film directed by Creator/GuyRitchie starring Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/CharlieHunnam, [[Series/DowntonAbbey Michelle Dockery]], Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/HughGrant, focusing on an American expat drug lord whose marijuana empire comes under threat. It is said to be Ritchie's return to the style of his earlier films ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' and ''Film/{{Snatch}}''

* Pun: Coach (Colin Farrell) makes one about Phuc's (Jason Wong) name sounding like the 'f-word':

''The Gentlemen'' is an upcoming film directed by Creator/GuyRitchie starring Creator/MatthewMcConaughey, Creator/CharlieHunnam, [[Series/DowntonAbbey Michelle Dockery]], Creator/ColinFarrell and Creator/HughGrant, focusing on an American expat drug lord whose marijuana empire comes under threat.