Astonished by Mark Pizzey's review

Rating: 1/10 (4 August 2008)

I am bewildered by Mark Pizzey's glowing review of this drivel. Every aspect of it is abysmal. Charlie Hunnam's accent is shocking. Dick van Dyke shocking. Tom Cruise in 'Far and Away' shocking. In fact every time he opened his mouth I literally laughed out loud. Makes you despair at the state of casting directors actually because there are thousands of young guys out there, actual Londoners who could have played the role far more authentically. And a little it more research into football vernacular, rather than some kind of Wikipedia discovered hooligan facts, would have made it a lot better. The little conversations between Hunnam and Elijah Wood where he's educating him on British football hooligan firms are some of the most pathetic scenes I've ever seen in any movie. "Tottenham, we call them the yids." Tragic. Total rubbish from start to finish.