Watch ID much better

Rating: 1/10 (18 June 2006)

Overall a badly researched and poorly made film, with bad dialogue and unbeleivably implausible plot.
But as an English man and West Ham fan all I can say is...ACCENTS I know my American cousins have gave abandon when it comes to English accents BUT.
An Englishman portrays th eleader of the West Ham Crew(Charlie Hunnam) but he is actually a Geordie, a completely different accent to the one he's trying to portray in the film and he does an appalling Cockney accent.
At the start of the film they say they are going to see Birmingham play, (despite the fact that anyone who knows about English football can see they're playing Gillingham). I would like to know why none of the Birmingham fans actually have Birmingham accents either??
Also the lame way Charlie Hunnam's character goes on about how we (West ham)hate journos (because I assume SHOCK Elijah is an expelled journalism student), well firstly cockneys don't say "journo's" , also you average football hooligan really doesn't care what's written about them in the paper in fact a lot are quite proud if their exploits make the newspapers.
Not only this but football hooliganism is an English stereotype and has largely been eradicated from the game It really was an 70s and 80s phenomenon so at least set the film in that time frame. Another point anyone invading the pitch to taunt opposition fans will automatically be banned from every premiership ground in the country and it would take more than putting on a baseball cap to evade detection.
I could make more points such as the fact that fights were organised between rival firms and usually took place at an agreed location away from the ground and the eyes of the police (don't want them ruining a fight!!)The fact that they fight at the start of the film near what looks like Trafalgar square which isn't in the East End, isn't near any football grounds and is far too public for them to risk having a fight in broad daylight sums up what tripe this is..
On the whole not a very well researched story at all. As a life long West Ham fan I can inform you that our hooligans went by the name "the ICF" or Inter City Firm because they travelled on Inter City Trains to away matches. Anyway watch ID a much better and more realistic film regarding football violence.