Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes . . .
Acting
Reece Dinsdale's terrifying, seductive descent into the role
Direction
Phil Davis makes pubs feel genuinely dangerous, almost documentary
Writing
Dialogue so authentically blokey you'll need subtitles
Director
Phil Davis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Philip Glenister's character Charlie was based on a real officer who became so embedded he still attends reunions with the firm he infiltrated.
Released during peak 'lad culture' in Britain, the film was initially marketed as a hooligan punch-up movie—audiences expecting Green Street were traumatized. The infamous 'head in the urinal' scene caused walkouts.
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