The Long Good Friday: Explosive Special Edition

Prosperous, gregarious London thug Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is having a
very, very bad day on the cusp of a monumental real estate deal with American
mobsters to help revitalize the local Docklands, Shand's complex world slowly,
bloodily unravels, pulled apart by seemingly inexplicable acts of violence that
threaten the very fabric of his existence. The Long Good Friday is a
tightly wound, grimly realized piece of filmmaking, a work that serves as the
fountainhead for the next quarter century of British crime films the directorial
likes of Guy Ritchie, Matthew Vaughn, Mike Hodges, et al. all draw inspiration
from this crackling thriller.

As directed by John Mackenzie, The Long Good Friday boasts two other
considerable attributes: Barrie Keeffe's spare, nihilistic script that gives
nothing away and Hoskins' electrifying, keenly obser...
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