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The Football Factory

2004 · 91 min

A gritty, testosterone-fueled plunge into football hooliganism, blending brutal fights with a melancholic look at lost men seeking belonging.

Directed by
Nick Love
Genres
Drama
Starring
Danny Dyer, Neil Maskell, Frank Harper
Tagline
What else you gonna do on a Saturday?
Overview
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's 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 their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.

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Directed by
Nick Love
Genres
Drama
Starring
Danny Dyer, Neil Maskell, Frank Harper
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • identity
  • isolation
  • loyalty
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Nick Love
Written by
Nick Love
Starring
Danny Dyer, Neil Maskell, Frank Harper, Tamer Hassan, Roland Manookian, Calum MacNab, Dudley Sutton, John Junkin
Music
Ivor Guest
Cinematography
Damian Bromley
Runtime
91 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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