Directed by John Mackenzie • 1980 • United Kingdom
Bob Hoskins delivers a powerhouse performance in his breakthrough film role as a London crime boss fast losing control of his gangland empire. Cockney mobster Harold Shand (Hoskins) is on the cusp of completing a massive deal with the American Mafia when a series of bomb attacks throw his world off-balance over the course of a bloody Easter weekend, sending the ruthless Harold on a violent quest to uncover who is trying to thwart him. Costarring a sensational Helen Mirren as Shand’s elegant moll, John Mackenzie’s stylish thriller is a gripping marriage of gangster flicks from both sides of the Atlantic.
Up Next in HandMade Films
-
Time Bandits
Directed by Terry Gilliam • 1981 • United Kingdom
Starring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley DuvallIn this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs. Armed with a map...
-
Withnail and I
Directed by Bruce Robinson • 1986 • United Kingdom
Starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard GriffithsLondon. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and light...
-
Track 29
Directed by Nicolas Roeg • 1988 • United Kingdom
Starring Theresa Russell, Gary Oldman, Christopher LloydThe ever-provocative Nicolas Roeg brings his flair for the strange, the kinky, and the surreal to this outré Oedipal psychodrama. Unhappily married to a neglectful husband (Christopher Lloy...
