Sweet Mary Jane, skunkamola, herb, weed, bush, puff,
gear, or sticky bush; name marijuana whatever you choose to, but it is a drug
that sparks big business, both legally and illegally.
Writer director Guy Ritchie has conjured up another
movie masterpiece in his latest film “The Gentlemen” starring Matthew
McConaughey. Mickey Pearson portrayed by McConaughey is an American who runs a
pot empire in London.
Mickey is a suave businessman, who along with his colleagues
go ‘gansta’ on certain individuals who try and undermine Mickey’s near half a billion-dollar
sweet leaf operation.
Currently in London, marijuana is illegal, but so is
riding a bicycle at night with no lights, so the law means extraordinarily
little, especially to a high-end gangster such as Mickey Pearson who grows and
sells 50 tons of the sticky bush.
Mickey is for the most part a true gentleman. A man
who resorts to violence only as a last resort. One gangster and his lackeys
purposely in-danger the life of Mickey’s beautiful wife, Rosalind, played by
Michelle Dockery. This does not sit well with Mickey! The violence in this
movie is cinematically succinct and necessary to the storyline.
“The Gentlemen” is a well-crafted movie that is
entertaining, even for those who are not privy to gangster flicks.
Mickey is willing to get out of the business, and sell
it for the right price, and thus the action begins. Others try and undermine
Mickey with muscle or blackmail.
Fletcher, Hugh Grant is a sneaky photographer
who is ready to release pictures to the press of Mikey and some of his crew that
would seriously jeopardize everything Mikey has worked for his entire life.
Fletcher is just one of many who threatens the massive
Mary Jane empire Mikey has established. A high-level heroin dealer in London is eager
seize the skunkamola kingdom as well, and his crew crave the thrill of murder.
“Sweet Mary Jane is my vice of choice. I am addicted
to selling it, not consuming it. My poison does not kill anyone, and I like
that, while your poison (heroin) the brown powder is a destroyer of worlds,”
Mikey said.
Dialogue, intrigue and street justice makes “The Gentlemen”
one of the best movies to come along in years. Two very solid thumbs up for
this flick.
Mark Izzy Schurr
