This movie is a disgrace.

Rating: 1/10 (11 December 2008)

Caught this rubbish on TV the other night. I have to say the glorification of hatred and violence shown sickened me. I am not surprised that West Ham FC distanced themselves from the movie; I am sure that the vast majority of their fans must be embarrassed at the depiction of mindless knuckle-dragging morons 'supporting' their team. English football has been trying to rid itself of this sort of culture of violence for many years, and has largely succeeded. Their cause will not be helped by movies such as this. In my opinion everyone who had anything to do with the making of this film, from Elijah Wood down to the key grip and best boy, should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Morally bankrupt as it may be, it is also poorly characterised and acted, with fake cockney accents and over the top posturing. I've seen other movies about football hooligans, such as 'the Football Factory' which were pretty awful, but this pile of you-know-what really takes the biscuit. For me it's the worst film to hit the big screen for a very long time. I hope it is dead and buried, and does not encourage other film-makers to use this subject (please, let's not have football violence as a genre!)