the long good friday be and still be a great piece of british cinema . after watch the film after a good many year it still hold the power to shock and amuse and thrill . bob hoskins pull off a performance comparable to jam cagney tour de force in white heat a the tough london gangster whose empire start to tumble and a he try to seal a massive development deal with the aid of the u mafia in london docklands . helen mirren give an impressive performance a hoskin love interest and who basically call the shot in hoskin organisation almost as much a he do . her cool and tough performance put her in good stead for the prime suspect mini series which follow in the early ninety in the uk and where she play lynda le plante tough female detective jane tennyson . the usual seventy film actor who play crook turn up in this film and a do some fine character actor and include dave king who play a bent copper on hoskin pay roll and bryan marshall a the crooked councillor . one of the most memorable of the support cast be derek thompson and who would later go on to play charlie fairhead in bbc long run casualty drama and who take the introducing credit . also and look out for the actor who play denzel in only fool and horse and and a mute role for pierce brosnan before he go to the state to play remington steele . a fine film and thats quick in pace and and excellently direct by john mckenzie and who will probably be always most remembered for this film .