It's no crime for Bob Hoskins to be typecast as a gangster.(Preview)

Byline: IVOR DAVIS Tribune Media Services

British actor Bob Hoskins is an old hand at gangster roles, going all the way back to 1980's "The Long Good Friday," in which he played a London mob boss. In his latest film, "Unleashed," written by Luc Besson ("The Professional"), Hoskins plays Bart, a particularly cruel and outrageous gangster in Glasgow, Scotland.

Bart keeps a young simpleton named Danny (actor/martial-arts expert Jet Li) caged and collared like a mad dog, letting him loose to kill. Fortunately, salvation comes to Danny in the shape of Sam (Morgan Freeman), a blind piano tuner, and his adopted daughter, Virginia (Kerry Condon), who use music to …