Dorathen Better Late Then Never

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Ersbel Oraph This is This Is England meets Fight Club. But it does not rise to the level of any of them. Probably the biggest production mistake is Elijah Wood. For the entire length of the movie every time he was appearing on screen I could not think anything but "Frodo!" and giggle. Even the exposed belly fat when he gets inked screams "Frodo!". So bottom line: this was a comedy for me.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

katumus Seriously though :) I'm feeling a little embarrassed after watching this awful movie haha. It was like watching a bunch of little angry ADHD kids fighting because they got their toys taken away. Apparently fighting for stupid reasons and looking like whacko baboons "look at me look at me" is somehow cool and important?Yes. Because that makes sense :)Intentionally choosing to fight and put your life in danger to prove your the toughest soccer gang in the neighborhood doesn't make ANYONE manly. I was hoping they'd grow up by the end of the movie.Nope. Aaah haha waste of time!

Kalle_it The movie get so many things wrong or depicts them in such a hackneyed way it's hard to take it seriously or to fathom where all the raving reviews came from.Apparently one of the most violent firms in English football have no qualms about letting in a preppy American student with zero credentials and negative knowledge about football...But that's fine, because those hooligans aren't terrible people when not dealing with football... One of them is an airline pilot, another one has the odd position of History AND P.E. teacher at a primary school (unrelated subjects, but go figure... those pesky London schools) and he's even allowed to have random strangers play with/give lectures to his kids...Alas, all good things come to an end when the jealous henchman decides it's time to betray his pals and strikes a deal (for what?) with the leader of their/his fiercest and most deranged rivals... Things take a turn for the worse, the traitor has another change of heart and comes back for the save.Frodo can now go back to the U.S., a tougher man, but also more mature and fair, because that's the lesson he learned while bonding with a bunch of friendly psychopaths in London.Last, but surely not least, the hooligans scene depicted in the movie would have vaguely been credible in the mid 80s, with the bleak neighbourhoods, the stereotypical "working class England" setting and, mainly, the complete absence of stadium security that has been enforced since English Football has become a multi-millionaire business that can't be disrupted by a bunch of maladjusted thugs.P.S. The scene where one of the GSE mocks the rival fans on the pitch dressed as a steward (or being one?!) sums it up pretty well... In contemporary football you couldn't pull it off, not even on the crappiest amateur field, let alone at a Premier League game. You'd not even get close to the stands and you'd be filmed by security cameras from 10 different angles. And no more stadium for you... But apparently the movie takes place in an alternate dimension where no such things exist.

Adam Peters (16%) Elijah Wood as a football hooligan? What next, the killer in "Maniac"? It's clear the guy wants to branch out, but this ain't the movie to do so as this, just like the gang in question, is a terrible choice to involve himself with. The movie as a gritty drama misses the mark by some margin as it almost feels like a Hollywood writer penned it after reading half an article on angry burly football fans beating the crap out of each other for no good reason other than they are mindless thugs that happen to support a different club. The plot is lazy, exploitative, and so far from any sort of reality that I almost expect to see flying monkeys swoop over head. If anyone from overseas is shocked by this movie then don't be, as it is total claptrap right down to the fake cockney accents and its ridiculously contrived story.