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Netflix’s Guy Ritchie Crime Thriller Is Officially a 10/10 Hit

Yesterday was a great day to be a Guy Ritchie fan. It wasn't long ago that the future of his hit crime thriller MobLand was in doubt after it was rep

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Yesterday was a great day to be a Guy Ritchie fan. It wasn’t long ago that the future of his hit crime thriller MobLand was in doubt after it was reported that star Tom Hardy had been fired from the show amid off-screen conflicts. Thankfully, it would soon be water under the bridge, as it was confirmed that Hardy would continue on the series, should a third season get the green delicate. That’s exactly what happened, with Hardy’s Harry Da Souza returning alongside Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!) and Helen Mirren (Gosford Park)in the now-confirmed MobLand Season 3.

Yesterday is also wonderful for Ritchie fans as it marks the long-awaited return of his best small-screen project yet. Debuting in 2024 as a follow-up to the hugely popular 2019 movie of the same name, The Gentlemen introduced us to the brilliantly brutal and darkly comic world of Theo James‘ Eddie Horniman and his inheritance of his father’s criminal empire. Alongside Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales alum Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass, the pair quickly steered this stylish series to the top of the streaming charts.

Now, Eddie, Susie, Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) and more are back for a second season promising to be bigger and better than before. In Season 2, Eddie’s cannabis operation is moved beyond the British countryside and into international territories, as plans for an expansion see him and his colleagues run into the perilous lives of Italian crime families. Ahead of the show’s return, the embargo was lifted on reviews of The Gentlemen Season 2, hoping to improve on the “certified fresh” 75% score of the first installment. At the time of writing, Season 2 holds a perfect 100% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, albeit with more reviews still to be submitted.



















Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz
Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most?
Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek

Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.

🚀Star Wars

💍Lord of the Rings

🧙Harry Potter

👑Game of Thrones

🖖Star Trek

01

What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning?
Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.





02

Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit?
The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.





03

How do you prefer your conflicts resolved?
The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.





04

Who do you want beside you when things get arduous?
Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.





05

What is your relationship with power?
How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.





06

How does your universe treat good and evil?
A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.





07

What role would you naturally fall into?
Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?





08

What do you ultimately believe about the future?
The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.





Your Universe Has Been Chosen
You Belong In…

Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.


A Galaxy Far, Far Away

Star Wars

You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is extensive.

  • You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
  • You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
  • Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
  • The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to employ it for something larger than yourself certainly is.


Middle-earth

Lord of the Rings

You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.

  • Middle-earth is a world of age-old wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough compact acts of courage accumulate.
  • You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
  • Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something hefty across a very long distance.
  • Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.


The Wizarding World

Harry Potter

You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.

  • The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
  • You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
  • Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
  • That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.


Westeros · The Known World

Game of Thrones

You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You employ it.

  • Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
  • You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
  • Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are acute enough to know which one lasts longer.
  • Winter always comes. You are already prepared.


The United Federation of Planets

Star Trek

You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.

  • Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
  • You would belong here because you are fundamentally sanguine about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being candid about how demanding that achievement is.
  • The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
  • You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.

What Have Critics Said About ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2?

With a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes so far, it’s no surprise that reviews for the second season of Ritchie’s best series have been positively glowing. For Collider, Therese Lacson awarded the second season a 9/10 in her review, writing, “As The Gentlemen sheds some of its flash, it’s replaced with a far more thoughtful and philosophical story, one that will carry it through to what is sure to be another outstanding season.” For ScreenRant, El Kuiper offered plenty of praise, but ultimately viewed the second season as “overly ambitious.” Other critics have so far called the second season “audacious” and “bombastic,” as more reviews are submitted.

The Gentlemen Season 2 is streaming on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.



Release Date

2024 – 2026-00-00

Network

Netflix

Directors

David Caffrey, Guy Ritchie, Eran Creevy, Nima Nourizadeh

Writers

Stuart Carolan, Guy Ritchie, Matthew Read, Billy Mason Wood, Haleema Mirza