If you like Guy Richie, then you'll probably like this as there really isn't anything new presented here.
Of course it is based on his film, so it will be very familiar, but it is like he hasn't had any new concepts since he started way back with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Odd ball gangsters, pretentious displays of wealth, overly serious scenes by said pretentious characters, stated silly bits of trivia to display the gangsters are "intelligent", on screen text to show us math and "amusing tidbits', nonlinear editing in the timeline to try and save a otherwise dull scene, About every other scene has someone pouring a decanter into a crystal glass of some sort, etc. Again, it is a re-hash of much of Richie's past gimmicks, but if that is your cup of tea, then you'll probably like this and forgive its various missteps.
The story is of a soldier/aristocrat who inherits his fathers title and land only to discover his father was in bed with a large illegal marijuana enterprise. So our handsome protagonist dives in trying to separate his family from this business. This gives the filmmakers plenty of opportunities to introduce a variety of underworld types, many of whom we've seen in the past from Richie. Each episode works its way to solving this problem, but by episode 6, it grows old. Also, they have a tendency to introduce issues, big issues, that seem to be swept under the carpet at the filmmaker's convenience which left me scratching my head.
Since it is a gangster film, I was looking for a great shootout at some point, but even that wasn't given to us, although it was set up more than once. I also assumed that as the lead was a soldier there would be a chance to see his skill in a fight from time to time, but this came up only once or twice I did like that he would solve problems with his head first, but I was still hoping for some more action.
Because of issues in the script the ending was more frustrating rather than satisfying. But it looks great, the wardrobe is topnotch so our leads look like they stepped out of a page of a fashion magazine (except for the big, silly square glasses many wore looking more like the old man from Up, then suave gangsters), several locations are very striking and they drive some wonderful antique cars from time to time. But pretty doesn't equal good.
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