This Movie Has No Business Being So Much Fun

Enter our protagonist: Guy Ritchie. After surviving the shiny, soulless peaks of studio blockbusters, the director returned to his London grit to serve up a dirty martini of gangsters, lords, Russian oligarchs, and high society weed merchants. Originally pitched as a TV show, this project became a cinematic fashion show with guns that made everyone very rich indeed. But preparation is for scouts. On set, it was pure chaos. Hugh Grant had his meticulously prepared notes stolen from his car, only to arrive and find Ritchie rewriting ten pages of dialogue on the spot. Kate Beckinsale vanished days into shooting, leaving Michelle Dockery to improvise her way to brilliance. And Matthew McConaughey? He went from irritated to inspired, inventing his iconic "law of the jungle" and "deluded Peking duck" monologues right in front of the lens. Add in a budget tight enough to require 300 fake marijuana plants, shameless product placement for Ritchie's personal brewery and custom barbecues, and Colin Farrell in a tracksuit that sparked a global knockoff craze. Packed with cinematic Easter eggs and a 24 carat gold derringer, this $100 million pre lockdown smash proves one simple rule: when the lion is hungry, he eats. THE FULL QUENTIN TARANTINO STORY:    • The Ultimate Tarantino Deep Dive   THE FULL JAMES CAMERON STORY:    • James Cameron vs. The Impossible   THE FULL MARTIN SCORSESE STORY:    • The Martin Scorsese Story You've Never Seen   If you can’t wait to see our next work, become our sponsor and receive VIP perks and privileges for your contribution:    / okolokino   Narration by Gabriel Perez [email protected] Music by Epidemic Sound and Artlist Join and get EXTRA months for FREE https://share.epidemicsound.com/8aaqrt https://artlist.io/LCT-322572 00:00 The return of Guy Ritchie 01:18 The original TV show pitch 02:31 Assembling the gangster firm 04:39 Fake weed & product placement 06:08 A fashion show with guns 08:52 Hugh Grant's 40-page nightmare 11:15 McConaughey's improvised monologues 13:22 Cinematic Easter eggs 15:08 The final edit & a $100 million hit #GuyRitchie #TheGentelmen #KoloKino