Know where that quote's from? If not, then you need to see 'The Long Good Friday' which alternates with 'The Insider' as my favorite film at the moment. Anyway, cutting a long story short, I have recently acquired this film on (you guessed it) Blu-ray, and have to say that it shows up the big advantage of BR which a lot of reviews miss, namely the sound quality.
Despite loving the film to bits, there were always a few plot points I could never quite be bothered to concentrate on, namely why the unseen protagonists (whose identity only becomes clear later in the film) are so ticked off with Bob Hoskins' character to the point of killing a large number of people who work for him. The answer is given towards the end of the film whilst Bob is busy losing his rag and accidentally bumping off his right hand man, but when watching this film previously, I've never really been paying attention to the dialogue at this stage because you just know something bad is about to happen. Blu ray however allows the exposition to be delivered much more painlessly and clearly - so hey presto I now understand "who lit the fuse that blew Harold's world apart".
Top film. Sadly a remake is on the way...
I'll leave you with this gem:
Harold: Who's having a go at me? Can you think of anyone who might have an old score to settle or something?
Razors: Who's big enough to take you on?
Harold: Well, there were a few.
Razors: Like who?
Harold: Yeah, they're all dead.
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