Gritty,grim but enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2004)

This film follows a group of the Chelsea football hooligan squad and
focuses on main character Tommy Johnson(danny dyer)as he starts to have second thoughts about whether he still wants to continue this 'hobby'.
I must admit i have not read the book so i didn't really know what to expect,the first 5 minutes loud banging music and people getting beat up and dialogue filled with c words and f words,i wasn't impressed.
Then the film took turn for the better,you started to learn about the characters,their backrounds and the storyline started to take shape.
Frank Harper(plays the Dog in Lockstock)plays a superb and very convincing support to Dyer and leaves you actually scared of him.
From then on the film was a joy to watch and I would highly recommend those who love ID,Snatch,Lock Stock et al to go and see it.
The violence is my opinion wasn't that bad,it was grim but i have seen worse on CCTV cameras across Britain.If your fans on the above films it ain't worse than them.
Coupled with a great soundtrack,the Streets,the Jam,the Libertines all feature here and a great ending,this film gets a big fat 8!