Fans of Guy Ritchie and movie buffs will be happy to know that the famous director is reportedly ditching big budget franchise movies in favour of returning to his crime film roots with his latest project, Toff Guys.
Interestingly described as a mix between Sexy Beast and Downton Abbey, his new project is about an English drug lord attempting to sell his highly profitable empire off to a group of Oklahoma billionaires. Both producing and directing this new project, he plans to introduce the film to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival.
But what can we expect from this latest film from the directing legend? Well, if done correctly, we can expect it to be a testament to a bygone age in his past, with a dark plot about plotting British criminals, stylishly shot. Who knows? Maybe the then-young actors who he helped get off the ground will make a return. Personally, I’d love to see actors like Statham and Brad Pitt come back for this, and I’m overjoyed that the director has decided to blow the dust off this genre.
But who is Guy Ritchie? Perhaps you may know him best for his British Gangster movies, his first films that would help him become a famous director. I’m of course talking about Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. They launched the careers of a lot of well-known English actors, like Jason Statham and ex-footballer Vinnie Jones. They were hyper-stylized, full of violence, had moments of comedy and were more importantly memorable. A lot of us have seen those movies and rightly so: they were awesome. Lately, you would probably know him for his Sherlock Holmes film adaptations, the first one coming out in 2009 and its sequel coming out in 2011. Or perhaps you know him for the film, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which received very mixed reviews. He is also the director for the live action Aladdin film adaptation, which is due to be released next year.
Hopefully, when Toff Guys hits the cinemas, we can return to a time of cinema where British films were dark-and-gritty, but also coolly portrayed. It’ll be a nice counter-balance to the live-action Disney film. Or maybe not: it would be an interesting approach to see the flashy colourful cartoon be replaced with a dark urban environment and switch Aladdin from a charming street rat being chased by the Sultan’s guard to a hardened criminal who beats up said guards in a back alley. But this is unlikely, so I will patiently wait for Toff Guys to hit the big screen.
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