Poor film, didn't work I'm afraid

Rating: 3/10 (16 October 2008)

A Harvard student gets involved in a West Ham firm and becomes a hero. This is an interesting and a slightly new spin on the genre; it would take a good script and some very strong characters to pull off a story like that. So, what happened? the story was a patchwork of pieces borrowed from every other football hooligan film but it made no sense, it was painfully predictable, the characters frankly looked lost.
Elijah Wood was OK, he is obviously trying to shake off the Frodo typecasting and he did it beautifully in Sin City, but this was wrong for him and he wasn't strong enough in this to make it a good film.
I found this film simply unbelievable This American chap shows up in the east-end, his sisters fella tells him to go to a football game with his brother, the leader of one of the most notorious football firms in London. Within 5 minutes, they are best mates and they go and meet the rest of the hooligan's down the pub. Yeah, this happens all the time.
I gave it 3 out of 10, the 3 is for getting to watch frodo beat up a gang of Mau Utd fans!
If you like the genre, watch "I.D." (1995) for how it should be done. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113375/