The Football Factory (2004)

Very best movie i ever watch

Simply Perfect

Nice effects though.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Nick Love has to be one of the shoddiest directors working in Britain today. All of his films have a depressing, fatalistic air to them, lacking in decent characters and character intrigue. All of them feel slightly false, in that there's something hollow about them. When you see somebody acting in a Nick Love film, you always feel that they're acting rather than believing in the character.This is my fourth Love film, following on from THE BUSINESS (poor), OUTLAW (hugely disappointing) and THE SWEENEY (acceptable at best). It's the simplistic story of a football hooligan and the friends and rivals in his life. The film boasts an early, career-making turn from Cockney geezer Danny Dyer, who's frankly annoying in this one, playing alongside the likes of Dudley Sutton and Tamer Hassan.Love's own script is the worst thing about this. Unsurprisingly he has an air for thuggish-sounding dialogue but the dialogue is just random expletive-filled insults throughout. It's hardly Tarantino, more like a load of juvenile nonsense from somebody with a clear lack of talent. THE FOOTBALL FACTORY is the kind of film that makes you despair for state of the British film industry.

For me , Love's emergence as an auteur represents a watershed moment for early twenty-first century British cinema. After the storms of Leigh and Loach have mellowed in recent years, the public awaited , day by day, hour by hour, anxious for a new cinematic messiah to ease their collective cultural consciousness, and to provide adequate imagery for the post thatcher years. I believe the dyer/love collaboration will eventually bear fruit similar to the cross continental greatness of de niro and scorsese, and this visceral, intellectually and emotionally engaging picture will convince others of the revolution of minds love is clearly pursuing.

Was torn between 9 or 10 stars, but went for 10 to balance out some of the ridiculous 1 star reviews! People commenting about there not being a clearly tied up happy ending! Good, I'm sorry but life doesn't have a clear happy ending, some of me favourite films weren't written with a clear happy ending. One of which the director was forced to change to satisfy the " but did he see his friend again" crowd, which I think was to the detriment, but anyway that's another film. Football factory, delivers exactly what it is designed to, a gritty realistic portrayal of the football hooligan lifestyle and ethos. Yes there are others out there but from what I've heard others don't come as close for accuracy. I also disagree with people who have left reviews saying there is no don't do this at home message. ZEBERDEE!!! Seriously what happened to both him and Tommythroughout , give clear decisions have consequences messages. All in all an interesting film with a clever sub plot and underlying message of men needing an army to join, realistic language, with cockney and cursing being used in a natural way without feeling forced.

I don't know much about English football or hoolaganism. However, I've become fairly good friends with Vinnie Jones here in the states. We met through a common friend and I've hunted with him a couple of times. He rode with me the night he was almost killed in a bar fight in South Dakota. Wild night that was. He asked me to testify in his defense, but his lawyer never needed me. Whew.Anyway, getting to know him made me want to learn more about where/what he came from. I've seen a couple of these movies and enjoyed them. The only exception would be trainspotting. I couldn't make it past the first 45 minutes of that film.