Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Reece Dinsdale | ... | John | |
Richard Graham | ... | Trevor | |
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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 | ... | Vinny | |
Nicholas R. Bailey | ... | Micky (as Nicholas Bailey) | |
Nick Bartlett | ... | David Daley | |
David Schaal | ... | Paul Funnell |
Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to root-out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . . Written by Mark Harding <mah@imdb.com>
To be frank, everyone who I have shown this film to has loved it - it doesn't matter if you aren't into football, this is just a quality film as far as i am concerned. See how many faces you can spot in this. Maybe not big time names now but then that isn't the point - the atmosphere the film generates is superb. This isn't a Hollywood film but nor is it your typical Brit flick - no quirks here (apart from the character of Gumbo) but it does give a great account of what being at a football match is like but in a way that slightly romances football violence. In fact the violence takes a back seat to character progression and formation as the film progresses. I strongly believe the value of a ilm like this is so high because of the number of times I can watch it - surely the mark of a great film? There are only a few films that everyone has that they don't mind watching when they are considering watching one of their DVD's, and this is one that I have certainly got my money's worth from! I only wish I had watched this when it came out as I would have been even more impressed but I was put off by the cover and that the story concerned football.