I.D. (1995)

Director:

Philip Davis

Writers:

Jim Bannon (story)
Vincent O'Connell (writer)

Release Date:

5 May 1995 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

When you go undercover, remember one thing: who you are.

Plot:

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders...

Plot Keywords:

Undercover | Hooligan | Violence | Hooliganism | Fight

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Reece Dinsdale	...	John
Richard Graham	...	Trevor
Perry Fenwick	...	Eddie
Philip Glenister	...	Charlie
Warren Clarke	...	Bob
Claire Skinner	...	Marie
Saskia Reeves	...	Lynda
Sean Pertwee	...	Martin
Charles De'Ath	...	Nik
Lee Ross	...	Gumbo
Terry Cole	...	Puff
Steve Sweeney	...	Viny
Nicholas R. Bailey	...	Mickey
Nick Bartlett	...	David Daley
David Schaal	...	Paul Funnell

Also Known As:

Undercover (Germany)

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Bradford City Football Club, Valley Parade, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Set in mid-80s but Arsenal fan is wearing a shirt from the 1991 season.

Quotes:

John: Give me my marker show me my line... surely this is it... the edge?

Brilliant

This film is easily the best football film ever. The film is based on football violence in the late eighties and is incredibly realistic. I am a football fan myself and can really relate to how easy it was for John to get so caught up in the whole terrace atmosphere. The scene where john chases after the bus full of brummies and then is joined by the rest of the Shadwell army charging behind him is brilliant and so effective as is the part of the film when John and Bob go into the opposing fans stand and start singing "we are shadwell...." then it all kicks off and John charges back in to the Shadwell end to loud cheers, it is so brilliant. Reece Dinsdale as John is incredible and i can't believe he hasn't become more of a star like Sean Pertwee who was also brilliant. The whole cast was brilliant and it was a great movie that i have watched several times and love it more each time i see it. The only criticism of the film that i do have is that when the goals used to go in the terraces went mad and you would end up halfway down the stand bruised and battered (from all the jumping up and down) from the hysteria that followed the goal (God i miss the terraces), whereas in ID they score against their local rivals and its no more than a YES with arms in the air before calmly beginning their next chant. However this doesn't effect the viewing pleasure of this film and if the rest of the film wasn't so perfect i probably wouldn't have picked up on it. I Give ID 10/10 Brilliant and unmissable for all football fans.