I DUNNO IF ANY MOVIE MADE FOR CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIRM CAN GIVE YOU REAL. REAL WAS ACHIEVED BY THE GUY SITTING BESIDE ME WHO WE ALL KNEW AS BUTCH. 20 YEARS AGO HE CAME TO US WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING A FLY ON-THE-WALL TV DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ICF. BACK THEN OUR WORLD WAS PURE VIOLENCE AND FOR ME TWO DECADES OF IT, ONCE OR TWICE COSTING ME MY LIBERTY. THE SURPRISE THIS NEW MOVIE BRINGS TO SOMEONE THAT MORE THAN KNOWS THE SCORE IS THE WAY IT TAKES YOU BEYOND THE VIOLENCE TO INCORPERATE THE OTHER STORY WE NEVER WANTED YOU THE VIEWER TO KNOW.
TAKING THE WORDS OF OUR OWN LEGEND Mr BILL GARDNER 'YOU NEVER LEAVE A MAN DOWN'(True words ıf you know who BG is). THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE SCENE IN THE FILM THAT HAS COLD MOUNTAIN STAR CHARLIE HUNNAM WHO AS PETE DUNHAM GOES BACK TO RESCUE MATT BUCKNER (ELIJAH WOOD) WHO GETS TRAPPED AND CORNERED BY THE ZULU'S. NOW IF YOU HAVE READ THE BOOKS TOP BOYS AND TERRACE LEGENDS IN IT THE REAL GUYS SAY TO A MAN, BELONGING TO A FIRM WAS LIKE IN A WAY CHOOSING YOUR OWN FAMILY. SOME WILL SAY THE BOND OF A FOOTBALL FIRM NEVER LEAVES YOU AND I MYSELF HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE FIRMS ATTRIBUTES OF LOYALITY TO EACH OTHER TOGETHER WITH THE HONOUR, PRIDE AND PASSION, IF THAT COULD BE BOTTLED IT WOULD BE PRICELESS. WHAT BELONGING TO A FIRM GAVE MATT BUCKNER IN THE FILM WAS ULTIMATELY THE BRINGING OUT THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER HE NEVER KNEW EXISTED WITHIN HIMSELF. NOBODY CAN JUST WALK INTO A FIRM AS HE DID AND NOT PUT A FEW NOSES OUT OF JOINT. THIS IS A WORLD WHERE HIS LOYALITY HAS TO BE PROVED. SOMETHING CLEARLY DISPLAYED WHEN HE CHANGES HIS PLANS TO RUSH BACK AND REJOINS THE GSE (Green Street Elıte) TO TAKE PART IN THE FILMS FINAL BIG OFF. THE CHANGE IN HIS CHARACTER IS NEVER BETTER SHOWN THAN AT THE FILMS ENDING WHEN BACK IN THE REAL WORLD OF THE OFFICE JOB.
THIS LEXI ALEXANDRA DIRECTED MOVIE IS PACKED WITH INTER-GANG MEMBER TENSIONS, STRONG-WILLED CHARACTERS LIKE BOVVER (LEO GREGORY) WHO WOULD MAKE FOR A GOOD A.S IF MY OWN FILM GETS PUT INTO PRODUCTION NEXT YEAR. BOVVER JUST HAS HIS OWN IDEAS ON THE FIRMS AFFAIRS WHICH MAKES FAR MORE FOR THE REALITY FOR ME. PREVIOUS FILMS MAKE IT APPEAR LIKE LETS GET TOGETHER BOYS AND DO THESE C**TS. YET MY OWN MEMORIES WAS THERE WAS ALWAYS PLENTY OF ISSUES GOING ON WITHIN THE FIRM BECAUSE WE WERE ALL GANGS WITHIN GANGS.
THERE'S A LITTLE NOTHING SCENE IN THE FILM WHICH REMINDS ME WELL OF WHEN YOUR FOOTBALL DAYS WAS WHAT YOU LIVED FOR. THE SCENE WHEN THE CARDS ARE FIRST DELT OUT ON THE TRAIN OF THE TRAVELLING AWAY SUPPORTERS. THE CARDSCHOOL WAS ALWAYS THE SIGNAL TO ME OF THE DAY'S ADVENTURES TO BE STARTING. THATS MAGIC MOMENT OF NO RETURN, YOU ARE ALL TOGETHER AND ON YOUR WAY AND THOSE WAITING AHEAD FOR YOU WILL KNOW THAT TOO. THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE LITTLE GLANCE AROUND AT EVERYONE. THE BOYS LOOK COOL, CALM , EVEN EXCITED OR WHATEVER, CERTAINLY NO SIGN OF THE BUTTERFLIES FEELING ENGULFED UP INSIDE OF YOU, 'WILL WE RUN, WILL WE GET DONE AND WHICH ONE OF US WILL GET NICKED' AND THEN APPROPRIATELY THE STANDOUT TRACK FROM THE MOVIE KICKS IN AS THE LYRICS OF 'STAND YOUR GROUND' FROM HOOLIE RAPPERS ACARINE COME FILTERING THROUGH. THAT SCENE FOR ME CHAPS WAS VINTAGE, PURE AND SIMPLE.
BEHIND THE SCENES I EXPECT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME STRONG STEEL RESOLVE SHOWN IN GETTING THIS RELEASED TO A CINEMA AUDIENCE. IT AMUSES ME THAT A FILM OF THIS NATURE AND SUBJECT WILL ALWAYS THROW UP THE OLD CHESTNUT THAT ITS GLORIFYING VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW IF ITS A GANGSTER FILM, GO AHEAD, KILL'EM DEAD. HOLLYWOOD KILLS THEM DEAD,DEAD,DEAD. BUT MENTION ITS FOOTBALL AND THE V-WORD,YOU CAN BE SURE OUT WILL COME THE SOMETHING TO SAY THATS ALREADY BEEN SAID BAN THE BLOODY FILM BRIGADE. I'LL GIVE 'EM ONE WORD WHEN THEY SEE THIS 'CHARGE'. ONE THING'S FOR SURE THEY WON'TSTOP THIS BECOMING A CULT MOVIE LIKE THE LIKES OF A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, QUADRAPHINIA,THE WARRIORS. BE SURE TO ADD GREEN STREET/HOOLIGANS. WHEN I WAS OFFERED THE CHANCE TO SEE A EARLY PREVIEW (Fılm out Sept 9th) I WENT WITH THE VIEW I MIGHT BE SEEING A BIG MONEY VERSION OF ANOTHER MOVIE I ENJOYED THE FOOTBALL FACTORY I AM SURE A FEW OF YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE COMPARISIONS FOR THAT FILM WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS LAST YEAR. BUT DIRECTOR LEXI ALEXANDRA A FORMER KICK-BOXING CHAMPION GIVES US MORE THAN STONE ISLAND LOGO'S SNIFFING CHARLIE AND SHE'S SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW MOST THE FILM GOING PUBLIC WILL HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEING IN A FIRM, YET IN GREEN STREET(Hoolıgans rest of world) SHE WILL HAVE YOU THINKING LIKE A FIRM MEMBER AND I DEFY ANYONE OF YOU NOT TO FIND YOURSELF HUMMING THE WEST HAM FANS ANTHEM BUBBLES NO MATTER WHO YOU SAY YOU SUPPORT. THE CINEMA I WAS IN THE FIRST STRAINS COULD BE HEARD FROM DOWN THE FRONT AND BY THE TIME IT REACHED THE BACK ROW IT HAD BECOME A FULL BLOWN CHORUS OF FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES. THOSE THAT WOULD NEVER ENTERTAIN A EAST END SINGALONG ARE OUR RIVALS FROM ACROSS THE RIVER WHO WILL TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN KNOWING THE PIT YOU WILL FEEL IN YOUR STOMACH WHEN YOU TAKE-IN THE BODY COUNT RESULTS OF THE FILMS FINAL BIG OFF (locatıon and scene not unlıke FF, so go back 3 spaces).
OKAY THERE CAN BE NO LOVE LOST WITH MILLWALL, I DON'T LIKE 'EM, NOBODY LIKES THEM AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T CARE ANYWAY. THERE MAN IN THE FILM IS CALLED TOMMY HATCHER AND IS PLAYED BY A GEOFF BELL. THIS CHARACTER DOSEN'T NEED ANY ANNOUNCING, YOU ONLY NEED THE ONE LOOK AT HIM TO SEE 'WALL AND SOUTH LONDONER. I'M NOT FAMILAR WITH ACTORS NAMES BUT I WOULD TAKE A BET HE IS NAILED ON FOR THE NEXT BIG GANGSTER FLICK.
SO LETS CUT TO THE DASH, CRAZY, MENTAL, GOODLOOKING BOYS GOING FOOTBALL, WHATS ALL THE HYPE ABOUT, IS IT BETTER THAN FF? OOH ITS GOT ELIJAH WOOD AND THERE'S ANOTHER ACTOR AND WHATS HE IN NOW? GOOD ACTORS WITH DODGY ACCENTS, EFFING HAMMERS FILM, HEARD IT AIN'T BAD, WHO'S THE SORT IN IT, WHATEVER YOU HEAR AND READ ABOUT IT MY MONEY'S ON YOU WON'T BE WAITING AROUND FOR THE DVD TO COME OUT, GET IN WITH THE GSE WHICH, ITS ALREADY BECOMING LEGEND. 'WE ARE THE FAMOUS, THE FAMOUS.........
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