Posts Tagged ‘hooligans’
The Football Factory (2004) - James’ Take
Written by James on December 5, 2007 – 2:30 pm -
Kicking
Without doubt, the central characters in writer-director Nick Love’s seminal study of football/violence-related male bonding, The Football Factory, would give me a good kicking for the poncey review that follows.
Tags: Chelsea, Danny Dyer, hooligans, The Football Factory (2004), Tommy Johnson, violence
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The Football Factory (2004) - Colin’s Take
Written by Colin on December 5, 2007 – 2:26 pm -
London brawling
Welcome to Tommy Johnson. His is a world of dead-end jobs, no prospects and an uncertain future. His story is set out pretty well in his opening voiceover: “There’s nothing different about me. I’m just another bored male, approaching 30, in a dead-end job, who lives for the weekend. Casual sex, watered-down lager, heavily cut drugs. And occasionally kicking fuck out of someone.”
Tags: Chelsea, Danny Dyer, hooligans, The Football Factory (2004), Tommy Johnson, violence
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