Great film but pure fantasy football!

Rating: 8/10 (30 September 2005)

A lot of people have slammed this film but I'm not going to go down that route. So what if Elijah Wood was parachuted in as the token American star - the movie industry is about money and if the film needed Elijah Wood to make box-office cash than so be it. In general the film should be looked at as pure fantasy. If you can suspend belief than it is entertaining with a moral thread running through it. This film can easily rank alongside The Firm (Gary Oldman) and ID (Sean Pertwee) and it only a matter of time before ALL 3 will be available as a box set! My only gripe was that they didn't call the West Ham hooligans the ICF (Inter City Firm) - they opted to use the Green Street Elite (GSE) which sounded crap. The rivalry between the West Ham firm and the Millwall hooligans was over the top but violently entertaining. I loved the build-up to the character of The Major - truly mythological and it played out like some kind of Greek Tragedy. This film should be looked at as pure entertainment and not judged on a factual basis. It was made for the International market NOT soley the British market and I think people slamming the film are missing that point.