Directed by:
Neil JordanCinematography:
Roger PrattComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Sammi Davis, Joe Brown, John Darling, Bryan Coleman, Robert Dorning (more)VOD (1)
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Five years after The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins returned to the gangster genre, but his character George is a mere underling this time, a chauffeur hired by a mesmerisingly slimy gangland kingpin (Michael Caine) to transport a high-class prostitute (Cathy Tyson) from client to client. When she enlists his help in tracking down an old friend, George finds himself exploring a hellish underworld that he never imagined existed. (Arrow Films)
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Criminal Bob Hoskins drives a posh hooker around London who (like him) works for the ultra-slimy Michael Caine and has a sort of unresolved, slowly surfacing past. The film shuffles along just like George's sedan (he also hits the accelerator in a similar way at times) and takes him an hour and three quarters to say what he wanted to say. Unfortunately, I think he could have said a lot more - the script, especially in the last third, is a bit bland and confused. It does, however, lead to a fairly logical conclusion, for which I thank the filmmakers. The actors are great in Mona Lisa, and Kamen's music and the cinematography are also great... But it's no match for its older American cousin, Scorsese's Taxi Driver.
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