An awful British comedy and sub-gangster effort mixing in bits and pieces of the hooliganism genre. It's overstated and overdone, focusing exclusively on lowbrow humour and content at the expensive of originality and wit, and it's absolutely pitiful as a result. Hateful characters doing stupid things, laboured comedy which feels repetitive and routine, and not a second of it funny in any way, shape or form. The worst thing about this is that there are some solid and talented actors reduced to appearing in it.
The Hooligan Factory
2014
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
The Hooligan Factory
2014
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Plot summary
Danny wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfathers flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior
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August 01, 2014 at 01:36 AM
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Absolutely pitiful
Don't Believe The Hype. It's Not That Funny
First of all, most of these user reviews are made by friends of the filmmakers ( Yes Lucas Penn, i'm talking to you. You're listed as one of the cast !!!!) These guys obviously want to make a good impression On Nick Nevern and Jason Maza but please. You are fooling no one The film just simply ain't that funny. don't waste your money. They're trying to do what Shaun of the Dead did for zombie movies but they have fallen flat on their muggy faces. They are obviously trying to get as many people to watch this by putting out a massive campaign on Twitter and Facebook but it is not enough to mask the fact that this film isn't as good as it should be
Affectionate Parody
I have criticised the American film industry for having a lack of
imagination . Reboots , franchises . car chases , explosions and CGI .
To be fair this type of movie sells and never kill a golden goose . The
British film industry deserves some criticism too along the same lines
. Guy Ritchie comes along and all of a sudden every British release
features mockney gangsters calling each other "Slag" and a few other
naughty words . An off shoot of this was the football hooligan film
where instead of gangster running around with shooters we had variably
dressed blokes who follow West Ham FC ( They're always ICF West Ham
fans ) running around with Stanley knives . If you've seen one you've
probably seen them all . That said I did think RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER
was a gritty hard hitting thriller that mixed the Brit gangster
thriller and hooligan film very well
THE HOOLIGAN FACTORY starts with a direct referential spoof of the
climax of that film and is genuinely funny , along with having a couple
of cameos of the usual suspects who appear in these type of movies .
This is to be honest the highlight of the movie because I was expecting
a few more of the mockney celebrity cadre to appear throughout the
movie . This unfortunately doesn't happen but for what we get , an
affectionate low brow lampooning of hooligan and gangster films it
works relatively well . There might be a previous knowledge of other
films required from the audience in order to get the jokes but let's
face it guys if you've seen a British film over the last 15 years it
will be one involving either gangsters or the ICF