08/20/2025
🎬 The Gentlemen 2 – Season 2 (2026)
Created by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Ray Winstone, Giancarlo Esposito, Hugh Bonneville, Maya Jama
Streaming on: Netflix
💼 “Bloodlines make you noble. Business makes you dangerous.”
🧠 Overview
The Gentlemen returns sharper, darker, and more ambitious in Season 2 — expanding its gritty aristocratic underworld across Europe. Eddie Horniman (Theo James), now fully transformed into a criminal kingpin, faces global players, double-crosses, and a brewing internal war that threatens to destroy everything he’s built.
The legacy of Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone) casts a long shadow, while Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) becomes a queen in her own right — smarter, colder, and more unpredictable than ever. Meanwhile, Freddy (Daniel Ings) continues to spiral into violent delusion, and new power figures arrive to shift the playing field.
🔥 Highlights
Theo James fully embraces Eddie’s transformation into a gentleman mob boss — now suave, ruthless, and politically aware.
Kaya Scodelario levels up, delivering a fierce and calculating performance that rivals even classic Guy Ritchie leads.
New villains include Hugh Bonneville as a corrupt British diplomat and Giancarlo Esposito as a European cartel broker — bringing gravitas and chaos in equal measure.
Ritchie’s flair is intact: split-screens, nonlinear storytelling, and stylized dialogue abound.
🎭 Style & Tone
Season 2 balances royal elegance and dirty business — with sleek visuals, fast-paced editing, and a globe-trotting tone. It’s Succession meets Sn**ch, dressed in Savile Row and bathed in blood.
From London to Rome to Marrakesh, the locations feel cinematic and alive. And this time, the stakes go beyond money — into global espionage, family loyalty, and legacy warfare.
⭐ Rating: 8.5/10
A bloody good sequel. With tighter writing, bigger action, and deeper character arcs, The Gentlemen 2 proves this aristocratic gangster saga has staying power.
💬 “Being born noble doesn’t mean you die respected. That takes bullets, blood… and vision.”