The Long Good Friday (1979)
94 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 16 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: London underworld gangster Harold Shand controls a criminal empire built on every vice except narcotics. Even his gun moll, Victoria, is a vision of class. For his next racket, Shand plans to buy up moribund London dock yards and redevelop them for the 1988 olympics. Yet on Good Friday when... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Dave King, Bryan Marshall
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Its representation of Christ's modern-day doppelganger as a grubby little crimelord is certainly compelling.
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09/20/07
John Mackenzie directs this cornerstone of the British gangster genre with a minimum of flash and a dash of grim realism.
04/06/06
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02/09/06
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08/30/04
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Hoskins sometimes manages to elevate the picture’s generally diffuse drama to Shakespearean levels.
03/05/02
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