Fight fans, however, need not feel that the old abattoir's
seamy atmosphere is necessarily profaned by the sound of music and the soft laughter of dancers.
Yes, the film's dark British
atmosphere and its marvelous depiction of the
seamy sex trade is typically that of director and co-writer Neil Jordan, and we get nice performances by Michael Caine as an oily criminal kingpin and a reined - in Robbie Coltrane as a quirky friend of Hoskins «character.