The Penalty King
2006
Lee, a soccer player who descends into depression when he goes blind, is encouraged to take up the game again by a maverick American and the inspiration of Leeds Utd legend, Billy Bremner. Read more
| Starring | Samantha Beckinsale, Clare Grogan, Jane Peachey, Nick Bartlett |
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| Director | Chris Cook |
| Genres | Drama |
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Destined to become a cult classic
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21 out of 24 people found this review helpful
A little realism please
Set in Leeds, the unbelievably drab Social Work Office was superseded by the practice ground on the beach... Err.... Leeds!!!!!
Every actor was obviously from Kent and the Cement Works was so obviously abandoned it was untrue.
The story leaps from cliche to cliche and never actually explores itself. This was difficult to watch and the incredibly obvious ending wasn't worth the wait.
Even the clips of Leeds United were poor ripoffs from early 90s videos. The shots in the ground were library shots interspersed with 10 blokes stood under a corrugated roof.
The lead bloke at least had the decency to adopt an accent, but all round a poor effort
And the reviewer that compared it to Withnail & I must have been the director or summat! -
13 out of 18 people found this review helpful
2 Hours Wasted
It would have been better as a short film. The whole story could have been told in 20 mins. Instead it drags on with a very cliché cast of misfits who all come together, been done, seen it. The extremely predictable ending doesn’t make you feel inspired instead you wish you could get the 2 hours wasted back somehow. I wouldn’t bother with film.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
wot the hell was that!!!
absolute waste of time DO NOT RENT
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
wot the hell was that!!!
absolute waste of time DO NOT RENT
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
rubbish
watched about 10 minutes and couldnt watch anymore. waste of time!
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21 out of 24 people found this review helpful
A little realism please
Set in Leeds, the unbelievably drab Social Work Office was superseded by the practice ground on the beach... Err.... Leeds!!!!!
Every actor was obviously from Kent and the Cement Works was so obviously abandoned it was untrue.
The story leaps from cliche to cliche and never actually explores itself. This was difficult to watch and the incredibly obvious ending wasn't worth the wait.
Even the clips of Leeds United were poor ripoffs from early 90s videos. The shots in the ground were library shots interspersed with 10 blokes stood under a corrugated roof.
The lead bloke at least had the decency to adopt an accent, but all round a poor effort
And the reviewer that compared it to Withnail & I must have been the director or summat! -
13 out of 18 people found this review helpful
2 Hours Wasted
It would have been better as a short film. The whole story could have been told in 20 mins. Instead it drags on with a very cliché cast of misfits who all come together, been done, seen it. The extremely predictable ending doesn’t make you feel inspired instead you wish you could get the 2 hours wasted back somehow. I wouldn’t bother with film.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
wot the hell was that!!!
absolute waste of time DO NOT RENT
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
DONT WATCH
Do not waste your time putting this dvd in player. Watched about 20 -30 mins I had to turn if off.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
no star rating
absolute rubbish, worse film i have ever seen
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
a load of balls
Not sure where to start but the description of the film suggested a thoughtful portrait of a footballer who loses his sight and comes to terms with it. Unfortunately this film isn't as far away from that as you can get. I was first really annoyed by the interminable trailers you couldn't skip through and then the opening credits were so tedious I had forgotten half of the characters before the film got started. And it's about a Leeds fan, I managed to make about 5 minutes and could not face any more. Don't just not rent this movie but please please please ..... stop!
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Dissapointed from Leeds
I agree with Emma from Leeds, I hired this film on the basis that it had links with Leeds Utd (which turned out to be very tenuous indeed )and because our local paper had recommended it as of 'local interest' neither of which turn out to have any bearing on the film. I am usually a 'sticker' with films that I find hard going, but after watching 25 minutes of this, my partner and I had both had enough and couldn't face another hour of it. In fact, I didn't even bother fast-forwarding to see what the ending was. I have seen worse films, but at least I could be bothered to watch them, this just didn't hold my interest at all.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
weird at first
weird all the way thru but kinda good
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Crap film...Crap cast...Crap
Watched this for about 5 mins, then my eyes started to hurt and i fell asleep... Thought this was down to me being tired...So i tried again... and it happened again..The next time i watched it for about 10mins and stayed awake.. This film is BORING... and i recommend you don't watch this. What a waste of ten mins thinking i could get into this...
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Avoid !
Shocking....just shocking
Turned off after 10 minutes so i could stare at paint and be happy.
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