Overrated

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Unintentionally hilarious..This was about as well written, violent and emotional as an episode of Grange Hill and only slightly less realistic than Green Street Americans.. I mean Green Street HOOLIGANS - sorry.There is only so many mockney "YOU CAAAHHNTS" you can take.The scene with the two dyslexics was the only good bit.Dyslexic 1: Can you smell gas? Dyslexic 2: I can't even smell me own name, mate.That bit was genuinely well written and had gravitas.Actually tell a lie, the other good bit was when the woman went to the Chinese restaurant and got served chicken soup, but she wasn't satisfied with it so she call the waiter over. Then the waiter asked what was wrong and she said "this chicken is rubbery!" and then the waiter says "thank you very much". The humour in that scene arose from the fact that "rubbery" was interpreted by the waiter as "lovely", a clever play on words arising from the (maybe) myth that oriental people mix up there R's and L's.All in all, WORST FILM EVARRRR

John (Reece Dinsdale)is a smug copper who along with a colleague is assigned to go undercover to delve into the violent world of the football hooligan in 1980's East London. John becomes more and more obsessed and embroiled in this world until it becomes a part of him, which is certain to lead to trouble.This is an extremely well made and engrossing film with top notch acting and some highly convincing characters. Reece Dinsdale, Sean Pertwee and Warren Clarke ,the pub landlord Bob, are excellent and ensure that this film is a success. We are presented with restless, dissatisfied angrey working class males whose way of letting out frustration is through football violence against enemy firms.I have seen this many times over the years and it is a film I often come back to as it always guarantees excellent entertainment, a good story, great acting and characters. Definitely watch it

Nothing like the real thing, but still a decent film with quite a few funny moments. Warren Clarke steals the show as the almost Shakespearian pub landlord. John and Trev are a fine double act with Trev always landing John in it... (Possible spoilers) The ending puzzles me... all through the film Trev is getting John into hot water by opening his mouth... Everyone else I know who's seen it reckons John's gone mad, but isn't Trev doing what he's been doing all through the film? ...and how did he get to be a policeman if he can't read and write?

A quite emotive subject in the Uk and europe and one that only 3 films (The others being The Firm (1988),Ultra (1990) have yet to be based on considering the dramatic subject matter. This film goes a little way into showing bthe extent of matchday violence in the 1980's by showing the fanatacism of the fans and the allure of comradeship and 'action' Seems to based on the real-life undercover operations that ocurred in the late 80's (and still do-)and in particular 'operation Dirty-Den' launched against Millwall Fc (or Shadwell Fc as they are called in the film) fans. Dont know whether a ambitious copper would end up a thug but the story is quite enthralling. The subject matter needs to updated to the present day something that will come with the film version of john king's 'The Football Factory'