Marching Powder

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Marching Powder

2025

1h 36m

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Comedy

Crime

Romance

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An outrageous comedy about addiction, violence, and happy endings, MARCHING POWDER sees the long-anticipated reunion of acclaimed director Nick Love and long-term collaborator and national treasure Danny Dyer. There's romance, there's comedy, but this ain't no 'rom-com'... Set in the irreverent and profane world of cult classic The Football Factory, the film follows the story of Jack Jones (Danny Dyer), an ageing, drug-taking football hooligan who feels increasingly irrelevant in today's society as he struggles to keep his family together. Hooked on drugs and adrenaline; and struggling to resist the pull of his firm of fellow football fans, Jack is arrested after some violent matchday exploits and given six weeks to turn his life around, or else face a long spell in prison. Juggling his marriage, his mates, his hard-nut bully of a father-in-law and his unhinged 25-year-old brother-in-law, Jack tries to get his life back on-track but his world slowly starts to spiral out of control. Can Jack overcome his inner demons or is he heading for jail?

Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It’s left to Leonidas, in the only substantial female part, to steal the show. She plays Dani with an easygoing naturalism that bestows some much needed soul upon the project.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 19, 2025

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Marching Powder is broad, it’s unsubtle, and its cheerfully nonjudgemental attitude to drugs has got it a rare 18 certificate... But this film has got energy and chutzpah and there are one or two laughs

Rated: 3/5

Mar 19, 2025

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Much as it aims to shock by reviving taboo language and jokes about sitting on Gary Glitter’s lap, it’s more toothless than dangerous.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 14, 2025

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Tom Shone

Sunday Times (UK)

For all the foul-mouthed aggro, the predominant tone is one of mollycoddled smugness.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 13, 2025

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Grant Rollings

The Sun (UK)

When Dani and Jack are exchanging C-word barbs the film is laugh-out-loud funny.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 12, 2025

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Harry Guerin

RTÉ (Ireland)

Marching Power is watchable in its waywardness but no challenge for Dyer in terms of range.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 11, 2025

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karen h

Apart from a couple of chuckles here and there, I honestly have nothing positive to say about this movie. It starts off with a dialogue that has the C word in it several times, and obviously, being Danny Dyer, I expect swearing aplenty, but I found this aspect completely off putting. The fact that the storyline is so wishy washy doesn't really help this supposed romcom, and as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't even get off the ground. I would definitely give this one a huge swerve as you really can't get your time back, so don't waste it!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Joanne K

Walked out of the theatre about a third of the way in. Waste of money.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/12/25

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Jake W

Possibly the worst film I've ever seen

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Scott W

Awful. A complete waste of anyone's time. Nowhere near violent enough to be a hooligan film. Nowhere near funny enough to be a comedy. No liable characters but also none you really hate either. Everyone is the exact same at the end then the beginning.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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Danny R

After watching possibly 2000 films since aged 4 i have to say this is one of the worst flicks i have ever spent 12 minutes with , I mean come on ..... Why can't i give zero stars ??

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/27/25

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mark g

Watched the first 15mins out of curiosity for it's likely "cringe factor". I was actually surprised, it exceeded by expectations, it was far worse than the dross I had anticipated. Anyone associated with this 'film' should be ashamed of themselves. It's a pity you can't post zero stars.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Synopsis

An outrageous comedy about addiction, violence, and happy endings, MARCHING POWDER sees the long-anticipated reunion of acclaimed director Nick Love and long-term collaborator and national treasure Danny Dyer. There's romance, there's comedy, but this ain't no 'rom-com'... Set in the irreverent and profane world of cult classic The Football Factory, the film follows the story of Jack Jones (Danny Dyer), an ageing, drug-taking football hooligan who feels increasingly irrelevant in today's society as he struggles to keep his family together. Hooked on drugs and adrenaline; and struggling to resist the pull of his firm of fellow football fans, Jack is arrested after some violent matchday exploits and given six weeks to turn his life around, or else face a long spell in prison. Juggling his marriage, his mates, his hard-nut bully of a father-in-law and his unhinged 25-year-old brother-in-law, Jack tries to get his life back on-track but his world slowly starts to spiral out of control. Can Jack overcome his inner demons or is he heading for jail?

Director: Nick Love
Producer: Chris Clark, Will Clarke
Screenwriter: Nick Love
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 36m