The Firm is hardly calculated to convert those who find Love's work brash, clichd and empty, but there's a good deal of warmth and humour here.

Full Review | Sep 18, 2009

Love's second movie about hooligans marks a quantum leap forward from the messy, senseless violence of 'The Football Factory'.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

While it doesn't exactly break new ground thematically, this is Love's most accomplished film to date. Like the terrace heroes who are its subjects, it's as good-looking and stylish as it is dangerously seductive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

Love's films have, in the past, brought me out in a rash - but this one is watchable. It's well made; there's a persistent and welcome undercurrent of humour in the script that reminded me of Love's sparky debut, Goodbye Charlie Bright,

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

The odd thing is that Love's version feels so bright and breezy, as if he's cosying back up to a wider audience who were turned off by Outlaw's grimy nihilism. If that's the case, it's a wacky choice of subject, but the effort's appreciated.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

The film is covered in talent, including Love's, of the sort that makes you look forward to the next thing they do. Here, you feel they have a lot to climb over, but there are scenes where the attempt to get close to something real is powerfully inspired.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

A sleek, if superfluous, remake.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

Given that the original's on DVD, Love's done hooliganism, and the plot gets shut down just when it's getting interesting: why?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 18, 2009

The Firm, a remake of the 1980s footie hooligan 온라인카지노추천 movie, has something Love's previous films have lacked: you could call it finesse, or a preference for character over chaos.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

This umpteenth take on the same old story is a pretty polished effort from writer-director Nick Love, you need a lot more than a snazzy soundtrack and Jimmy Savile's tracksuit collection to make it worth an unqualified thumbs-up.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 18, 2009

Intense, exciting and impressive.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2009