The Gentlemen
NZ release: 01 April 2024
Drug use, offensive language, and violence Rated on: 01 April 2024
Season 1
What’s it about?
Eddie Horniman inherits his father's sizable estate, only to discover it's part of a weed empire – and a host of unsavoury elements of Britain's criminal underworld want a piece of it.
The facts
- Created by Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
- Starring Theo James (The White Lotus), Kaya Scodelario (Skins), Daniel Ings (Sex Education), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Vinnie Jones (The Big Ugly), Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast), and Giancarlo Esposito (The Residence)
- English language
- Runtime: Eight episodes, 43 to 67 minutes each
- Based on the world of Ritchie’s 2019 feature film, The Gentlemen
Why did it get this rating?
This series was self-rated by Netflix. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Drug use
The story revolves around a major illegal marijuana operation, so we see a lot of plants growing, weed being smoked, and criminal deals being made.
One of the characters is understood to have a drug problem and is shown snorting cocaine, and getting into money-related trouble from this.
Violence
There is a lot of violence, including shooting, hand-to-hand fighting, stabbing, and killing.
Much of the time, we aren’t shown the killing directly – for example, when someone is shot or stabbed to death – but instead see the over-the-top blood spray on the killer or the surrounding area. Other times, if people are shot, it is in the distance and brief.
We see a severed finger. We see an object in a jar, suspended in clear liquid, and are made to understand that it is a testicle.
A person ends up in hospital in a coma after a boxing match. They have visible facial injuries.
Offensive language
There is frequent offensive language, including “f*ck”, “sh*t”, and “c*nt”.
Nudity
There is full frontal male nudity in one episode.
When content stays with you
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