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Kevin Sampson (writer)
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22 May 2009 (UK)
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On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill...
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Stephen Graham | ... | John Godden |
| Nicky Bell | ... | Paul Carty |
| Liam Boyle | ... | Elvis |
| Oliver Lee | ... | Baby Millan |
| Lee Battle | ... | Billy Powell |
| Sean Ward | ... | Robbie |
| Michael Ryan | ... | Marty O'Conner |
| Ian Puleston-Davies | ... | Uncle Bob |
| Holly Grainger | ... | Molly (as Holliday Grainger) |
| Sacha Parkinson | ... | Natasha |
| Samantha McCarthy | ... | Jackie |
| Dean Smith | ... | Ruggerbugger 1 |
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| Daniel Hewitson | ... | Pack Regular #1 |
| Dave Hewitson | ... | Ageing Skin Head |
| Andrew Osbourne | ... | Darren |
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Having read Kevin Sampson's thoughtful novel the screen version is something of a disappointment. Characterisation and motivation are largely over-looked in favour of scenes of adrenaline-charged violence. The clothing and style of the era are meticulously created for "The pack" (the hooligan group that Carty joins) but you have to question why the people they fight are generally older less fashionably dressed groups. The pack also emerge from every fight with barely an injury. The music itself is good but often misused - is Joy Division's delicately mournful "The Eternal" really an appropriate soundtrack to a group of bovver boys snarling their way down the street? Shane Meadows "This is England" offers a far superior vision of the period.