Mona Lisa, 1986,

Mona Lisa (DVD)

Five years after The Long Good Friday, Bob Hoskins returned to the gangster genre as George, 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. Director Neil Jordan (The Company of Wolves, The Crying Game) and co-writer David Leland (Made in Britain) achieve a perfect blend of hard-edged realism and unexpected fantasy whilst Hoskins' immensely complex, subtle and moving performance received awards around the globe.