A Powerful Movie To Say The LEAST

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2005)

I never actually saw any advertisements, trailers, screen shots nothing on this film and I'm not to fond on Elijah Wood. So when i see this is playing at my local cinema i really thought nothing of it. But then Saturday i get a call and I'm off to see the movies and in i walk not knowing what I'm going to see in the cinema. But i walk out amazed, amazed and astounded by this most powerful of movies.
At the start it is a tad tedious what with the whole international boundary and the fact that Matt being a yank knows little of life on good old England. You also see at first Matt being kind off watched over by Pete which doesn't sit to well with some in the GSE. Anyways Matt has never stood his ground or fought for what he believes in, and yet all of a sudden he finds himself becoming a punch bag and the whole story works perfectly. I mean the fights as well as being intense and brutal you can always see the not so good side to them. The whole film from start to finish had me gripped, and i mean gripped this film is unbelievably good Everyone acted their parts perfectly Hunnam plays Pete perfectly as the leader of an up and coming firm he really does have a presence on screen. Leo Gregory playing Bover, Petes most loyal friend his right hand man if you real and he really does show how jealous he is again he plays his part to absolute perfection. Not forgetting good old Elijah who like i said i am not really a fan of and again even in this film i think they could have found better but even so Elijah did play his part as the vulnerable Yank turned fanatical hooligan very well but it was always his voice it just seemed a tad childish. And Geoff bell i mean could you get any more intense he was excellent the kind off evil arch nemesis in the film and was flawless doing it.
But the actual power of the film is what really got to me, at the end of the film i found myself looking at my proud Newcastle strip on the wall ready for the Baggies trip and wondering in the back of my mind what is going on after the match in the pubs, back alleys and streets, and thats when this film really hits home, and it hits like a sledgehammer.
Whether or not you're a gunners fan, chelski supporter a red devil or a part of the toon army, hell if you hate football to the end this film is still one of the best films you can ever see. Once you've seen it you'll see football in a different light.