In 2019, Guy Ritchie directed The Gentlemen, a crime-action film starring Matthew McConaughey as Michael Pearson. Pearson has worked hard and been involved in violence to build his criminal empire. After years of success, he decides to sell his weed empire to a Jewish billionaire named Matthew, with whom he has done business. However, this decision backfires when Matthew betrays him with Dry Eye, who wants to destroy Pearson’s entire empire.
Meanwhile, a private investigator named Fletcher threatens Raymond Smith about his boss’s illegal business, promising to inform him about Michael if he pays 20 million British pounds.
The film’s finale has unexpected twists and turns that leave fans confused. Let’s delve into detail.
Who Is Michael Pearson?
Born in America, Michael Pearson won the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. However, he never finished his education and never went home because he found his way to get rich. He started selling weed to his rich fellows before he dropped out of the university and built an empire. Soon, he became known as the drug lord.
The Gentlemen: What Makes Michael Pearson Want To Sell His Successful Weed Business?
When telling Raymod about Michael ‘Mickey’ Pearson, Fletcher explains that Mickey was born clever but poor. He won a chance for a better future, but despite attending Oxford, he never completed his education or returned home. Instead, he started selling weed to his friends, and he was good at it.
After years of hard work and violence, Mickey built his empire. As he reached middle age, Mickey wanted to retire from the business.
He found a potential buyer in the form of Mattew. Although Mickey and Mattew had previously done many small deals, Mickey was now ready to sell his entire weed business, including all the technology, for 400 million British pounds.
When asked, Mickey revealed his real reason for selling to Mattew: his hands weren’t clean, and he believed that a business like weed needed a new face with a clean past, which he felt he did not have.
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Why Does Fletcher Say The Sun Isn’t Coming Up For Me, It’s Going Down?
In The Gentlemen, Fletcher shares the information about Michael with Raymond. This information could cause a lot of trouble for his boss and damage his reputation. However, Fletcher will only provide the information in exchange for 20 million British pounds.
He later mentioned that things were not going well for him. He said, “It’s going down,” which has garnered attention from fans trying to understand its meaning.
Fletcher focuses on getting rich at any cost and only cares about himself. The phrase indicates that Fletcher will betray his client to become wealthy.
The Gentlemen: What Happened One Of Michael Farms?
After Michael turns down Dry Eye’s offer to buy his entire business, some people break into one of Michael’s weed farms and film a video. They start a fight with the employees working on the farm and upload the video to YouTube. Later, they bring all the weed to the gym.
When Coach (Colin Farrell) finds out what the boys did, he goes to the gym and tells them to take down the video.
The Gentlemen: What Happened To Mattew In The End?
Matthew appreciated the tour of Mickey’s weed business but wasn’t willing to buy it at Mickey’s price. The business’s value dropped from 400 to 130 million British pounds due to an incident at one of Mickey’s farms. Despite this, Matthew offered to buy the entire business for 100 million British pounds.
Later, Mickey showed Matthew a conversation between him and Dry Eyes, where they discussed destroying Mickey’s business and then buying it at a lower price. Mickey then gave Matthew the option, to either pay him 270 million British pounds or be frozen out.
Who Alive At The End Of The Gentlemen?
The character who doesn’t die in the movie is Fletcher. The person who tells the whole story is Mickey. Raymond and Coach are Mickey’s two most loyal workers. Big Dave is an editor who wants to ruin Mickey’s life. At the end of The Gentlemen, Michael and his wife don’t die until the end.
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