So real , I had to hide my scarf

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 2004)

As a match going Cockney Red of 20+ years I am always dubious about footie films as they never seem to ring true. Football Factory however was as close as I would want to be.The Dialogue was superb and the cast were outstanding,the whole atmosphere of violence and the prelude to it will be familiar to anybody who has been to a London "derby".The film managed to pull of something quite unusual as well, in that I felt enormous pity for some of these people.For as brash and as arrogant as they could be when gathered in their "firm" their personal lives were often falling apart. Great locations made the belief complete and having done the aways at Millwall and Liverpool myself I found the adrenalin rising every time the cameras entered a passageway or turned a corner knowing that you were in "bandit" country.A good if not great film and next time I am having the $%£" kicked out of me I will understand the reasons behind it all the more. Ps: cracking sound track is another major plus