I've seen this a lot and don't completely agree. You have the son of a Duke that instead of living the high life joins the military. I think this shows he is looking for something more than the life of aristocracy.

While the situations he finds himself in are terrifying, he handles everything well. Over time he finds that he enjoys the "game" and continues to go down that path and everything associated with it. Similar to Breaking Bad with Walter White going from a good guy that just wants to take care of his family to a full blown criminal mastermind 180 degrees from where he started.

Not saying both shows handle it to the same level. Breaking Bad is a GOAT for me and fleshed that transformation out over multiple seasons in an extremely dramatic show. The Gentlemen is a lot more flair and very slick pizazz with comedy offsetting most of the more intense moments. It's quite simply standard Guy Ritchie stuff. The main character is going to go through some shite, it's going to be slick and fun, and the good guys are going to come out on top more or less regardless of how impossible it would really be. This plays out over 10 hours of episodes instead of a two hour movie but it's still basic Guy Ritchie. If you like his stuff (and I love pretty much all of it) then you'll probably really like the show and the tone.

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Posted by 3nOut

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 11:06 am to Dave Worth

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but it's still basic Guy Ritchie. If you like his stuff (and I love pretty much all of it) then you'll probably really like the show and the tone

Ditto. My wife said she wanted to watch something intense and I mentioned Wrath of Man. She said she hated Jason Statham’s voice and I said she was in luck because he’s especially quiet in this movie.

Even though I don’t think there’s anything to laugh at the entire movie, it’s completely a Ritchie film, through and through.

She also said she couldn’t fall asleep with how intense it was. Guy knows how to build a scene.

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Posted by Fewer Kilometers

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 11:27 am to Dave Worth

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His motivations changed completely in the last episode
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I've seen this a lot and don't completely agree.

I don't think that it was the criminality of his father's endeavor that the new Duke hated, it was being totally under the thumb of someone. Once he saw that he could be on a more equal footing, rather than just an underling cog in someone else's machine, he jumped at the chance to be something bigger than a royalist figurehead.

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Posted by TigerDeacon

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Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:32 pm to Dave Worth

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You have the son of a Duke that instead of living the high life joins the military. I think this shows he is looking for something more than the life of aristocracy.

He was the second son. He never thought he would get the title and the estate. The military is a pretty common occupation, historically, for second sons of aristocracy.

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