Football Factory DVD

Advantages: Good storyline, excellent acting, brilliant quality throughout
Disadvantages: Lots of violence, only English subtitles

The Football Factory ** Warning This Review Does Contain Spoilers ** The Football Factory is a UK film produced by Vertigo Films, which was both directed and written by Nick Love (producer of other films such as Outlaw and The Business) based on the novel written by John King. It is a crime/drama based film. Football Factory was released on the 14th May 2004 in the UK What the film is about (Storyline) The film starts as being narrated ...
...of Chelsea supporters and also football violence hooligans who go around causing bouts of angry violent attacks and also leaving themselves open to being attacked either when together or alone. They purposely set out to football matches to fight with the rival teams firm (gang) getting very bloody messy and violent a lot of gang fighters coming very close to death. They are mainly fuelled by drugs a lot of which you see within this film from young ... Read review

Advantages: Danny Dyer gives a convincing performance
Disadvantages: too much swearing, drug taking and racism

...honestly think that this film was made primarily for the fight scenes which I suppose could be seen as pretty impressive if you are into that kind of thing. Danny Dyer delivers the best performers of all the actors and as already mentioned if it wasn't for him I would probably have turned the DVD off. If you do like this sort of thing however, then you will probably enjoy 'Green Street' and the follow up to Football factory 'The Business'. Not impressed by this film really. 3 stars. CAST: Danny Dyer - Tommy Johnson Frank Harper - Billy Bright Tamir Hassan - Fred Neil maskell - Rod Roland Manookian - Zeberdee Dudley Sutton - Bill Farell Tony Denham - Harris Director - Nick Love Producers - Allan Niblo, James Richardson, Writer - Nick Love Runtime - 91 minutes Certificate - 18, contains lots of violence, drug taking... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: Good sense of humour
Disadvantages: A lot of mindless violence

...Firstly, I am female, 27 and have 3 kids. Yes, this is a review about a football film on DVD. I wasnt keen on watching it, but having watched it I guess I can make it my first review... After said boyfriend had badgered me for weeks, I eventually caved and let him buy the dark red box that is 'The Football Factory' DVD. After much persuasion (and promises of tea in the morning) I decided to watch it with him one night when the kids were in bed. What I expected was a mindless lot of violence (we've all heard about it). What I actually got was violence and a storyline. The film is based around some football thugs who run whats known as a 'firm'. This 'firm' go around fighting firms from other football clubs up and down the country. But behind the violence is a story of a young man known as 'Tommy Johnson'. Through... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: great acting, funny, gives you a adrenalin rush
Disadvantages: film is not that long

...I have owned football factory for quite some time now and watched and watched it the DVD has many extra features like a few short films which are amazing, also a half a hour long filming session of how the football factory was made, music is amazing some very racing, catchy, music also the streets fit but you no it music video in the extras. Nick love has cornered the market with this film it is truly very well directed and written. Football factory is about football hooligans who's only passion in life is fighting at football matches, they support Chelsea but I wouldn't really call them fans when all they do is beat people up, there greatest rival is mill wall so guess what happens when they get them in the FA cup, very good DVD strong language when it says 18 on it, it means 18 very strong language throughout fantastic film great value... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful