Anyone else seen The Football Factory yet?

[Marc]

Hooligan film following a Chelsea group to various matches, a few good actors one from Lock Stock and Human Traffic kiddy.

Film aint too bad, a little story too it and some nasty fight scenes, goes on about the reasons for such violence and crapness, due out in March (saw it on pirate)

 

[dwayne]

watched it with Wilts last saturday.

Entertaining if a little generic, and the ending was nicked from American History X

Zebba - fuckin - dee

 

[CAFC Matt]

Nope. Worth watching?

 

[REDLAND]

Nope, is it as good as ID Crabbers ?

 

[Marc]

aint seen ID but mates say its "different" from it, what that means I have no idea

 

[dwayne]

no doesn't touch ID

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

book is pretty good, if they've done a decent job of converting it to film then it's worth watching.

 

[dwayne]

Nothing like the book funnily enough, agreed though book is CLASSIC.

 

[Trotster]

I am just reading the football factory!!!! And i have the next 2 books in this 'loose' triolgy to read as well - didnt knowit was out as a film though

 

[dwayne]

it's not out...yet, and it may never come out as a film.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I had the misfortune of buying this book a few years ago, and a bigger load of fanciful tosh is hard to imagine.

 

[dwayne]

I had the misfortune of buying this book a few years ago, and a bigger load of fanciful tosh is hard to imagine.

fanciful, yes (all hoolie books are) but interesting to boot IMHO

 

[shorty]

Anyone know how I can obtian a copy? legally or illegally?!

 

[Southy]

As one of the people involved in producing the film (no Im not joking), I would be very interested to know how you obtained a copy.

 

[dwayne]

its on the web.....

http://www.vcdquality.com/info.php?id=21593

 

[Southy]

cheers

 

[graz126]

have not seen the film but must agree all 3 books are classics. great storyline in headhunters. (the sex league)

 

[Marc]

As one of the people involved in producing the film (no Im not joking), I would be very interested to know how you obtained a copy.

I aint got a copy, just saw it round a mates house when he had it.

Anyway promoting football violence is pretty much the same crime as piracy

 

[Southy]

Its a film about men and violence, ever watched Goodfellas, The Godfather, Resevoir Dogs, Lock Stock? Why is violence deemed acceptable when its cool Americans in suits shooting each other, but if its English blokes wearing dogy designer clothes its suddenly 'promoting football violence. A few blokes punching each other outside a pub in Tottenham might be stupid, but shooting someones foot off a la Joe pesci or cutting someones ear off a la Michael Marsden seems a liitle bit more violent to me. Are you saying any film about violence deserves to be pirated or just ones about football?

 

[Southy]

Also the film doesn't promote football violence, I would say it de- glamourises it.