probably interesting for international viewers but not authentic

Rating: 5/10 (19 August 2012)

I won't pretend to know anything about football hooliganism because I don't although I likely know and am perhaps related to a few people that do, have been a hammers fan all my life and know bits and pieces about the icf, enough to know that it's not like this. The people involved are normally not very complicated people.. like fighting, are racist, have a passing interest in football and that's about it
I also have an extremely good ear for an authentic East London accent and Charlie Hunnan's accent is all over the map.. ending up somewhere in between London, Newcastle and New York, in the sea. A real pity because he is a central character in the movie and the role should've been cast better, it quickly eroded any interest I had in the movie. Some of the more minor characters do have good accents, eg. Leo Gregory and Ross McCall sound better
I didn't get the music choices either.. Stone Roses etc, there was nothing particularly London-oriented
I don't want to spoil it completely for international viewers because without knowing any of the above you will likely enjoy Green Street Hooligans and it might give you some insights, it was indeed recommended to me by a Canadian which is quite ironic :)