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The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using thier fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together. Shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frightingly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.
Director Nick Love's scrappy drama, based on a novel by John King, explore the world of football violence in England. Tommy (Danny Dyer) feels a rush and a sense of belonging from his hooliganism; his life is going nowhere, and drinking, girls, and soccer are the only bright spots. But escalating threats and violence, along with a series of terrifying dreams, force him to begin reconsidering his path.
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 reconsider his brutal lifestyle and make a change for the better.
Tommy Johnson is een jonge Londenaar die vindt dat hij een uitzichtloos bestaan leidt. De enige manier om zich goed te voelen is om met z'n kameraden -fanatieke Chelsea-supporters- te drinken, drugs te gebruiken, vrouwen te versieren en vooral: te vechten met hooligans van andere clubs. Hij leeft uitsluitend voor het weekend en alles draait om de knokpartijen met de diverse gezworen vijanden. Maar een aantal onverwachte gebeurtenissen en een stel akelige nachtmerries en visioenen maken dat de lol er vanaf gaat. De sfeer wordt grimmiger en hij krijgt steeds meer de indruk dat er verschrikkelijke dingen te gebeuren...
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