Bad movie, Football factory was much better (and came out first!)

Rating: 5/10 (2 November 2005)

*** CONTAINS SPOILERS *** Pretty bad movie. Like most movies coming out these days, watchable but not much better than that. Elijah Wood was a terrible choice for the main role. They couldn't pick someone physically too big (had to be intimidated by the hooligans) but come on - Mr. Lord of the Rings?
The accents were pretty bad and the whole hooligans thing is probably a novelty for a lot of non-soccer/football fans. And for there to be so many deaths was a little over-the-top in trying to ram home their point that hooliganism is 'really bad' and is likely to end in serious injury/death!
Football factory was much better (dramatically and definitely with its humour). I can't believe both movies' teams focus is on the same rival (Millwall), particularly with Hooligans coming out not too long after Football factory. Both movies share pretty weak plots but that's understandably difficult to avoid with the lack of depth of all the characters in both films.