History Film / TheGentlemen

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Mickey is a gangster, but he has a personal sense of honor and takes pride in the fact that the merchandise of his criminal empire, marijuana, doesn't kill people.

** Fletcher has one as well. Raymond finds him sitting in the shadows of his house, uninvited, sipping on his very expensive scotch. Fletcher then proceeds to smugly demand 20 million pounds, and presenting the information he has that is worth said price in cinematic detail, trolling Raymond all the while by flirting with him.

It is said to be Ritchie's return to the style of his earlier films ''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' and ''Film/{{Snatch}}''. It was released by Creator/STXEntertainment on January 24, 2020.

'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B0RpUGss2c Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlXsguV9g0E Trailer 2]].

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mickey is definitely from the Southern United States, but his usage of British phrases and slang warps his accent into a mixture between the two. Then again, he ''did'' spend most if his life in the UK, so the mix is more than expected.

* ActionGirl: Rosalind is no less of a BadAss than her husband, as shown when she remains calm and collected when confronted by [[spoiler:Dry Eye and two of his goons, and drops said goons with surgically precise shots to the head from her tiny "paperweight" gun. When it comes down to a brawl, though, Dry Eye overpowers her]].

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mickey is definitely from the Southern United States, but his usage of British phrases and slang warps his accent into a mixture between the two.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: [[spoiler:Shigellosis]] causes fever, dehydration and diarrhea. Projectile vomiting, not so much.

* BestialityIsDepraved: [[spoiler:How the Toddlers blackmail Big Dave.]]

* LondonGangster: Being a Creator/GuyRitchie film, this is to be expected. Especially since it's set in London.

* TheMafiya: Aslan's father is a [[FormerRegimePersonnel former KGB agent turned crime lord]].

* DepravedHomosexual: PlayedForLaughs with Fletcher, whose come-ons are mostly done to piss off Raymond rather than any real interest.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Mickey doesn't accept Big Dave's hand for a shake in front of the gentry crowd...so he hires Fletcher to dig up some juicy dirt on him to ruin his life and operation. [[spoiler: It doesn't work out too well in his favor...or Fletcher's, for that matter.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Mickey doesn't accept Big Dave's hand for a shake in front of the gentry crowd...so he hires Fletcher to dig up some juicy dirt on him to ruin his life and operation. [[spoiler; It doesn't work out too well in his favor...or Fletcher's, for that matter.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Mickey doesn't accept Big Dave's hand for a shake in front of the gentry crowd...so he hires Fletcher to dig up some juicy dirt on him to ruin his life and operation.

** The chavs who try to take selfies of themselves [[spoiler: with Aslan's body]] while four irate LondonGangsters (or rather, one irate London gangster and his three mooks) are trying to clean up the mess.

* ProperlyParanoid: Ray, who virulently hates dealing with junkies and chavs, [[spoiler:brings along a submachinegun hidden under his coat to the council estate that saves him from a gang of teen chavs planning to rob him.]]

* ActionGirl: Rosalind is no less of a BadAss than her husband, as shown when she remains calm and collected when confronted by [[spoiler:Dry Eye and two of his goons, and drops said goons with surgically precise shots to the head from her tiny "paperweight" gun. When it comes down to a brawl, though, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Dry Eye overpowers her]].]]

* ActionGirl: Rosalind is no less of a BadAss than her husband, as shown when she remains calm and collected when confronted by [[spoiler:Dry Eye and two of his goons, and drops said goons with surgically precise shots to the head from her tiny "paperweight" gun. When it comes down to a brawl, though, [[RealityEnsues Dry Eye overpowers her]].]]

** Played straight with Mickey and his organisation.

* SmugSnake: Matthew is full of condescension towards Mickey as he constantly tries to point out reasons to cut down on how much he should pay Mickey despite how good of a deal he’s getting. [[spoiler:TheReveal only emphasizes this, as does the implication that Mickey was onto him from the start.]]

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: [[spoiler:Shigellosis]] causes fever, dehydration and diarrhea. Projectile vomiting, not too much.

** Was hanging around to take selfies with a dead body that has just fallen off a tower block while four irate {{London Gangster}}s are trying to clear up the scene really a good idea?

* SubvertedCatchphrase: Meta example. The line "There’s only one rule in this jungle! When the lion is hungry, he eats!" is featured very prominently in the trailers and various promotional material. The only time it actually appears in the film is in an IndulgentFantasySegue by an UnreliableNarrator.

* TeensAreMonsters: The teen chavs who attempt to stab Coach at the snack bar [[DisproportionateRetribution merely for telling them to wait in line]], and the chav gang Ray deals with to obtain a phone containing condemning evidence.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Coach is both horrified and frustrated when he learns that 1) his students just robbed a drug dealer, 2) they used his van for the robbery and are unloading the marijuana at his gym, 3) they posted a video of the crime on [=YouTube=], and 4) that the stolen marijuana belongs to Mickey Pearson. Those four moments are drawn out over two nonconsecutive scenes, but it's clear that he's aware of how badly this is likely to turn out from the very beginning.

** The Toddlers get the bright idea to rob a random, well-hidden drug lab they only just learned the location of, with no knowledge of the owner or danger involved. They don't even go in ''armed.'' [[spoiler: Their MMA skills downplay that last one, but still, bringing (well-trained and dangerous) fists against what could be armed guards wasn't the brightest move.]] That alone would be bad enough... but then they [[spoiler:record themselves whupping the asses of Mickey's [[{{Mook}} Mooks]], ''make a rap music video of it'', complete with dramatic character introductions (some of which use their real names!), and then '''upload the music video to social media.''' They at least had the common sense to keep their masks on, but this brazen act of stupid boasting is what leads Coach to offer unconditional service to Ray and Mickey as a way of making amends]].
** Aslan somehow thought it was a good idea to talk back to someone who is quite evidently ''a seasoned LondonGangster'' [[spoiler:and attack one of his massive mooks with a hammer]]. The latter [[spoiler:gets him almost immediately killed]].
** Dry Eye's second bodyguard, who seconds after watching [[spoiler:Ros put a bullet right between the eyes of his colleague]], decides it's a good idea to attack her. [[spoiler: She immediately kills him in the exact same manner.]]

* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:Fletcher's final fate after being surprised by Ray in his taxi is never revealed. Given that their last interaction involved Fletcher admitting he sold Ray and Mickey out to the mob to save his own hide, something that they both only survived due to outside intervention, followed by Fletcher fleeing for his life after barely escaping from a metal container he's been locked in... and that Fletcher is now ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice trying to pen a movie script of the film's events]]'', his future isn't looking too bright.]]

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: [[spoiler:Big Dave gets kidnapped by Coach and the Toddlers, drugged, and wakes up in the back of their van naked under a blanket, in close proximity to a pig. What he sees on the video they've recorded horrifies him about as much as it does everyone else.]]

* WrongInsultOffence: Ernie is furious at being called a 'black cunt'. His response?
-->''"Me being black has got nothing to do with me being a cunt!"''

** When Raymond and Coach are discussing the blackmail tape they've got with [[spoiler:drugged Big Dave having sex with a pig]], they name-drop NightmareFuel and how this can't be unwatched once seen.

* HowWeGotHere: The film stars with Mickey sitting down for a drink and a boiled egg in the pub, [[spoiler:before he gets shot in the head. Except it turns out it was a BaitAndSwitchGunshot, thanks to Raymond]]. We then cut to the FramingDevice.

--> '''Michael:''' After you've tended to that indiscretion, you can then deal with the next consequence of your shortsightedness. As stated, I am not emotional about the money. But I am emotional about the fact that someone laid their hands on my wife. MY WIFE!!! No amount of money on God's green earth can pay for that transgression, [[spoiler: Matthew]]. No, for that...I want a pound of flesh.

* OneLastJob: Coach insists his help is "one time only" and once he's made amends, he's out of there. [[spoiler:Despite this, he ends up saving Ray's life from Russian hitmen near the end of the film, after stating they were already square.]]

--> [[spoiler: ''"Matthew:''']] A pound of flesh?