Foz
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The Football Factory - Review
An impressive 90-minute performance from all involved. With the story of misguided males bonding around their love for football and fighting, the film is like a mixture of Trainspotting and Fight Club - with Burberry caps.
With Euro 2004 on the horizon, a film about English football hooliganism is, frankly, about as welcome as Victoria Beckham performing at Alex Ferguson's birthday party. Yet despite the decidedly controversial subject matter, Nick Love's adaptation of John Kingís 1996 novel provides much more than just bullyboys kicking the crap out of each other.
Scratching beneath the initially unnerving surface, you'll discover a film that's less concerned with football violence and more intrigued by the destructive nature of male bonding, the male ego and male discontentment. The anticipated displays of violence are brutal, but they are both infrequent and counterbalanced by the astonishingly brazen and laughably hapless conduct of an array of aimless characters.
The script's pace is well judged throughout, as the story flows from moments of dark comedy to scenes of disaster with little forewarning. The cast is mostly impressive; Dyer comfortably portrays Tommy with a befitting laddish swagger, while Neil Maskell delivers a subtle performance as his best mate, Rod. Importantly, Love has managed to craft a film that is fond of its characters yet withdrawn enough to never condone their exploits.
4/5
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/incinemas/ReviewInFull.asp?FID=10066
fantastic! my kindoff film
[Edited on 11-05-2004 by Foz]
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L330wnz
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just go wait outside millwall's ground...it's free and probably no diff to the film 
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CraigyG
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Wicked film had it on DVD for a few months now well worth the watch
Got Moff out of Human Traffic in it "Niccccccce1 Bruva" 
[Edited on 12-05-2004 by Craig-CorsaGSI]
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i saw this the other day, (pirate copy) awesome film! pretty good soundtrack too.
"eh, you know stanley?"
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MatthewR
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig-CorsaGSI
Wicked film had it on DVD for a few months now well worth the watch
Got Moff out of Human Traffic in it "Niccccccce1 Bruva"
[Edited on 12-05-2004 by Craig-CorsaGSI]
Danny Dyer - phat actor - got loadz of his films
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MatthewR
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See you you cunt - i'll cut u 1st
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DanielJ
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its based on cardiffs holigan base
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MatthewR
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No it aint - Milwall
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sunnyb
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no its chelsea isn't it?
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MatthewR
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Well it aint Taffs either way
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sxi boy
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i met danny dyer (aka moff from human traffic) in a club in newcastle 2 sundays ago
was random as fook, he told us we all had 2 go see his film 
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MatthewR
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Hes quality, i saw it at New years eve
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Mad Moe
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The main characters in the film are based on the Chelsea Headhunters and their rivalry with Millwall's Bushwackers
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