Here we have your typical run of the mill football hooligan movie with the main character wanting to be in with the local firm because he has a hankering for a bit of ol fisti cuffs and needs to let off some of his teenage frustration.
Unfortunately for our lead the firm is from the rough area and he's not. He's completely out of his depth when he thinks he can run with them and fit in completely but what he doesn't realise is they have been brought up hard but together where as he has had it easy and no ties to them they have a comradery and to them he will always be an outsider he will never be accepted but being cocky he believes he knows better.
He is so headstrong he ignores advice from a lad in the firm who is trying to go the other direction as him and wants out. They both use each other to try gain their goal, one to be a hooligan and the other to get more in with the cultured crowd and escape the firm and violence but the more they push the worse it gets.
I didn't enjoy this film as much as i hoped, i thought the main guy was a complete t0$$er. He had no likable quality to him whatsoever. There was nothing there that made me invest in him so i didn't care about his ups and downs. The rest of he cast did fine i guess, apart from stephen graham who nails all his roles . It was definatly ametuer hour. Not necessarily a bad thing but it is noticeable. Just like them terrible fake accents they couldn't do or keep consistent.
The plot is fine but its a bit here and there and some things don't go anywhere or felt pretentious and it felt a bit repetitive. Some parts just happen out of nowhere and are never explained or followed up and leave you wondering if you missed some dialogue.
It's not a very exciting hooligan movie but i think its meant to be more coming of age with the hooligan thing as a side story.but it leaned on the hooligan thing to get noticed so i'm going off that. Great effort but it's nowhere near as entertaining as some of the others out there.
Also it's nice to see a northern hooligan movie for once.
I gave it a 5 because i like the soundtrack and i thought they captured 70s britain very well set wise. The rest was a bit dull im afraid.
Unfortunately for our lead the firm is from the rough area and he's not. He's completely out of his depth when he thinks he can run with them and fit in completely but what he doesn't realise is they have been brought up hard but together where as he has had it easy and no ties to them they have a comradery and to them he will always be an outsider he will never be accepted but being cocky he believes he knows better.
He is so headstrong he ignores advice from a lad in the firm who is trying to go the other direction as him and wants out. They both use each other to try gain their goal, one to be a hooligan and the other to get more in with the cultured crowd and escape the firm and violence but the more they push the worse it gets.
I didn't enjoy this film as much as i hoped, i thought the main guy was a complete t0$$er. He had no likable quality to him whatsoever. There was nothing there that made me invest in him so i didn't care about his ups and downs. The rest of he cast did fine i guess, apart from stephen graham who nails all his roles . It was definatly ametuer hour. Not necessarily a bad thing but it is noticeable. Just like them terrible fake accents they couldn't do or keep consistent.
The plot is fine but its a bit here and there and some things don't go anywhere or felt pretentious and it felt a bit repetitive. Some parts just happen out of nowhere and are never explained or followed up and leave you wondering if you missed some dialogue.
It's not a very exciting hooligan movie but i think its meant to be more coming of age with the hooligan thing as a side story.but it leaned on the hooligan thing to get noticed so i'm going off that. Great effort but it's nowhere near as entertaining as some of the others out there.
Also it's nice to see a northern hooligan movie for once.
I gave it a 5 because i like the soundtrack and i thought they captured 70s britain very well set wise. The rest was a bit dull im afraid.