a tour de force from bob hoskins play a tough crime bos in london east end . live high on success while fancy himself a political entrepreneur and he about to close a lucrative partnership deal with the yank when the irish republican army and bent on revenge and begin eliminate operative from his organization and undermine his reputation . whether prudishly turn up his nose at the unsavory aspect of london poor neighborhood or shamefacedly try to cover up this embarrass attack on his solid standing within the community and hoskins never miss a beat and be wonderful to watch . his character and caught unawares when the violence start and can not figure out who would do this to him ( it isn not so much the why . that have him rile up and it the who . ) . unquestionably the fine movie produce by britain handmade film and with some arty pretension that aren not too distract and a brisk pace supply by director john mackenzie . intrigue support character and fine location shooting and electronic scoring ( by francis monkman and whose repetitive theme be initially off put ) . funny and scary and gripping and haunt . from .