THE GENTLEMEN: SEASON TWO
Starring: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Vinnie Jones, Ray Winstone, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Jasmine Blackborow, Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli, and Giancarlo Esposito
Creator: Guy Ritchie
AMARÚ
The Gentlemen’s second season is much less chaotic and much more dangerous than the first, allowing the series to continue with a highly entertaining cinematic flair. Theo James and Kaya Scodelario shed their more youth-friendly roots for applaud-worthy, criminal aristocrat bad-assery to truly elevate series creator Guy Ritchie’s “pharmaceutical” games. This season is stylish, thrilling, well-acted, less funny (to its benefit), and more serious (also to its benefit), which further grows the world, enhances the characters, and keeps you locked in with heart-pounding fervor. With more than a little Ray Winstone chaos, we've got ourselves a winner.
PAIGE
While this season of The Gentlemen isn’t as rowdy or enjoyable as the chaotic first season, it gets downright dirtier and grittier. The characters are more evolved in the crime game, and the overall story feels more sophisticated. It’s important to note that it takes a while for the season to get the ball rolling and there are pacing issues, but once it hits the latter half, specifically the last two episodes, it’s off to the races. This season is twisty and filled with vengeance, leaving the audience tense and on the edge of their seats waiting for what comes next.
QUENTIN
While I enjoyed The Gentlemen's second season about as much as I enjoyed the first, it’s still flawed. The flaws are just different this time, and they all come after a mid-season story pivot. The (better) first half of the season gleefully harkens back to series creator Guy Ritchie's early work, conjuring thoughts of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; however, the darker second half separates all the characters into disjointed side-quests that hurt the pacing and momentum. The performances of Theo James, Ray Winstone, and especially Kaya Scodelario are good enough to carry you through, but the series is still figuring it out.
