A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
Acting
Oldman's Bex is charming, pathetic, and terrifying — often in one scene.
Direction
Alan Clarke's unflinching long takes refuse to let you look away.
Writing
Casual slang that somehow makes the violence more horrifying.
Director
Alan Clarke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally a BBC TV film; Oldman did it for scale pay and called it his most important early work.
Released during peak football hooligan panic in Thatcher's Britain, it was accused of glamorizing violence despite its utterly bleak tone.
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