Loosely adapted from Alan Clarke’s 1989 classic TV film, Nick Love’s film is set earlier in the 80’s and retells a similar story to the original – but from a different character’s point of view.
The film centres on Dom, a young wannabe football casual, who gets drawn into the charismatic but dangerous world of the firm’s top boy, Bex.
Accepted for his fast mouth and sense of humour, Dom soon becomes one the boys. But as Bex and his gang clash with rival firms across the country and the violence spirals out of control, Dom realises he wants out – until he
learns it’s not that easy to simply walk away.
Humorous, heart warming and set to a killer jazz funk 80’s soundtrack, The Firm is a classic coming of age story set amongst one of England’s most revered tribes
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Nick Love (THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, GOODBYE CHARLIE BRIGHT) directs this hard-hitting remake of Alan Clarke's seminal tale of football hooligans in Thatcher's England. Set in the early 1980s, Love's version of THE FIRM this time centres on Dom, a young wannabe who gets drawn into the violent world of Bex, his gang of bovver boys and the rival firms with which they frequently clash. In over his head, Dom attempts to walk away from the gang but soon realises that getting out is not going to be easy...
run time: 90 min
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