Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen Season 2 Sets All-Time Record For Franchise

Credit: Matt Towers/Netflix Published Sep 4, 2026, 12:53 PM EDT Rianna is the Movie News Editor for ScreenRant. After earning her BA in Film Studies, she began her career as an entertainment writer, contributing to several publications before joining ScreenRant. Her dissertation on the impact of streaming on traditional cinema sharpened her focus on the ever-evolving world of film and media. With 10 years in the industry, Rianna continues to cover the stories she loves while also advocating for awareness and representation of rare disabilities, such as Moebius Syndrome, which she lives with. Sign in to your ScreenRant account The Gentlemen season 2 is breaking records. Guy Ritchie is an acclaimed British filmmaker known for his gritty gangster comedies and Hollywood blockbusters. Ritchie worked his way up from a runner to a commercial director and is now a widely known international auteur. His breakthrough debut was the 1998 cult classic Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, followed by the Brad Pitt and Jason Statham movie Snatch in 2000. Now, Ritchie's universe continues to expand and prove extremely successful. Ritchie's crime series has arrived on Netflix for its second season and has already achieved a major feat. The Gentlemen season 2 has debuted with an impressive critics' rating of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is a franchise record for Ritchie, as season 1 of the series reached 75%, and the original movie released in 2019 also achieved 75%. Theo James' return as Eddie Horniman has impressed critics and made this season a major success already. Film/Series Name Critic Rating Audience Rating The Gentlemen (2019) 75% 84% The Gentlemen Season 1 75% 84% The Gentlemen Season 2 82% 78% Netflix's The Gentlemen series returned for season 2 with familiar faces such as James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, and Jasmine Blackborow. However, there were a lot of new familiar faces added to the crime series, including Chris Eubank Jr., Hugh Bonneville, Michele Morrone, Benedetta Porcaroli, Benjamin Clementine, and Maya Jama. James told Tudum that in season 2, his character Eddie has "bought into the possibilities of what both worlds can bring him, both an aristocrat and a criminal. With inheritance and power, that starts to change his sense of self." Scodaleraio also spoke of her character Susie Glass and said: "In the first season, we explored this tough, very strong, very focused version of Susie where she plays the good soldier. She’s starting to realize that Eddie isn’t the steady Eddie that she thought he was. She’s seeing that he’s open to being slightly more volatile, and she’s not sure she can control him anymore." More to come...