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The Football Factory (2004)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
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Release Date: May 13, 2004 Wide

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Testosterone and football combine to paint a violent portrait of middle-class England in director Nick Love's adrenaline-charged adaptation of John King's popular novel. Tommy is your typical twenty-something soccer fan; bored with life, in love with lager, and always looking for a little action from the ladies. Of course there's the fighting, too. When Tommy exchanges blows with a rival football fan and the situation quickly spins out of control, the thuggish sports fanatic is prompted to

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Nick Love

In Theaters: May 13, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Dec 26, 2005

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excellent performers can't compensate for the film's biggest problem - lack of originality

July 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

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Dragan Antulov

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Filmmaker Love brings these characters to vivid life, but they're all so hateful, racist and idiotic that we don't like them at all!

May 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall

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Based loosely on a novel and directed by Millwall supporter Nick Love who clearly enjoys hard British gangs and fights you start to wonder if he participated in things like these himself haha. Basically this film is about football hooligans which belong to 'Firms' and enjoy nothing better than to beat the crap out of

September 3, 2011

Phil Hubbard

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If I?m honest (and this will sound like I am stating the obvious here) Football hooliganism is very much all this film is about. It offers no moral to the story, like many of the films in this genre, but a very realistic view of what goes on behind the scenes of the game.We?re used to seeing Danny Dyer in films

August 9, 2006