Review of The Long Good Friday (1980) by John T — 14 Jul 2011
Considering the fact that I love gangster movies , its a bit surprising that I had never got around to seeing one of Britain's most famous gangster films in The Long Good Friday.
The first thing I noticed about this movie is the vast amount of well know British actors who were big in the 70's & 80's , who pop up in it.
Apart from the obvious Bob Hoskins , there is the likes of Helen Mirren , Pierce Brosnan and Kevin McNally , to name but a few.
The second thing is , is that this film looks extremely dated but not in a bad way. In fact , its because it looks so 1980 , that I liked it so much. It reminded me of when I was 12 living in London (story aside).
The film itself was not nearly as good as I was hoping but I would imagine , 30 years ago , there had been nothing like this on the British Cinema scene since maybe the like likes of " Get Carter".
Bob Hoskins was really good and pretty much steals the show and the violent scenes are quite extreme even for a film if it was released today.
I can totally see why people look back at this film with such affection , I just wish I had seen this back in the day.
This review of The Long Good Friday (1980) was written by John T on 14 Jul 2011.
The Long Good Friday has generally received very positive reviews.
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