Football Factory Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

not my cup of tea.........

I hadn't heard of the book before the movie, and my first impression was that it had something to do with footballers. this film gives you an insight into the world of football hooliganism. It basically follows a 30 year old Chelsea fan and his mates who seem to be looking for a fight at every football match they go to.

not really my taste in film at all.

Average film - not big and not clever.

Football Factory is like the producers of this film, Rockstar Games, products ? flashy, violent but oft empty. The film tells us that living for the weekend is all you can do and fighting is great. Why would you want to live in the boring suburbs? I think you find people live in the suburbs to avoid scum like depicted in this film.

I personally have no penchant for violence and do not understand why anyone would want to get drunk and try and kill someone but this film seems to think there are a lot of people like that ? and there probably is.

The acting in the film is ok but the storyline has little to offer making it more an episodic look at different fights. The likes of ID have covered this area of British culture in a much better and less glorifying way. Was not absolutely awful but I felt let down by the cocky way in which the film tried to suggest fighting is right ? 2 out of 5.