I wanted to like this but it was awful...Not recommended.

Rating: 2/10 (29 December 2005)

I quite like the ring hunting guy as an actor and I have heard a lot about this film so as soon as the DVD was for hire I got it.
It starts off using a very worn out cliché of betrayal and then drops the character off in London to see his sister. Only two minutes in the country and he has achieved the impossible...he has got a ticket to a football game! The introduction to the family and the relationships was laughable. It was all so "dumbed down" for a simpler audience. This wasn't helped by the constant references to "Cockney Slang" which really did insult the intelligence. OK, so it is for a wider audience, but they must all think we are a right bunch of idiots over here.
Then we were introduced to the youngest gang of thugs ever. The meet up was in the local pub where they were all shown getting on a huge binge before the match. Strangely enough though, you could hardly tell they had been drinking after it.
Their behaviour in their own local pub...who are you kidding with all that chucking around of beer and standing on tables. Sh*tting on your own doorstep comes to mind - It doesn't happen!!! But I suppose this is the artistic licence part eh.
I really didn't get the main plot of the film, which was probably because the "moral of the story" script was being shoved down my throat like I was a 2 year old. The script was simply awful. Good thing happens, followed by a bad thing and then something dramatic and then the revenge at the end.
The revenge at the end was a masterpiece of how not to end a film. it was 100% goosebumpingly cringeworthy. Very poorly thought out.
Rather than waffle on I will simply say it is a very poorly written film with some good actors struggling to pull off a performance. I have no clue how this film is rated so high because it is really so awful and I am not that fussy. I like a good hooligan film but this wasn't one. Pity.
Not recommended. Not even on DVD.