star rating represent saturday night friday night friday morning sunday night monday morning john ( reece dinsdale ) and his team be send undercover to infiltrate the thuggish shadwell town firm and and especially the general the men in charge of organize the violence . however and his value and dream come to clash with his profession and he find himself turn into someone else a he slowly transform from an undercover copper . into a true hooligan . with football violence be a common theme for film nowadays and and with the release of new film the firm and it good i get a chance to see this film again that be one of the early film to deal with the matter ( aside and of course and from the original the firm . ) lead star dinsdale be now famous a joe morton in coronation street and and his northern accent would appear to be his true one . thus and here it easy to pick apart his feigned cockney accent and as well a co star warren clarke and who would also become more well know in time . there no act football on display and but you fail to really get into the nitty gritty of the violence and either . some hammy writing or act also lower the tone and and a tendency to veer into theatrical operatics lose it some point . john emerge a a man who have to feel powerful in some way and and hooliganism come to provide it more than the police force and only for that to go pear shape at the end and and despite show no racist sign through out the film and he shave his head and take part in a national front march . if only the screenplay have be a bit more subtle and the dialogue more real and it could have provide a great character study if not a shatter insight into the world of football violence . .