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  • The Business (2005)
    Review preview for The Business

    Like the world it portrays, The Business can be criticised as superficial and derivative, but it accurately depicts the headstrong, cheesy glamour of the period.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    In the mid-80s a young man falls foul of a gangster and is sent to take money to an ex-con in Spain, who invites him to join his team.
  • The Firm (2009)
    Review preview for The Firm

    The rucks have a grim, handheld intimacy which shows how clumsy, ugly and bloody terrifying a mass brawl can be.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A teenager growing up in 1980s London falls under the spell of the charismatic leader of a ‘firm’ of football hooligans.
  • The Football Factory (2004)
    Review preview for The Football Factory

    Probably a fairly accurate, if brutal, insight into the lives of a group of middle class thugs trying to fill a void in their dull meaningless existences.

    David Stanners · 3 out of 5
    An open view into the degenerate lives of London football casuals.
  • Outlaw (2007)
    Review preview for Outlaw

    Love’s approach is consistently fresh and, until the end, when things fall apart a bit, surprisingly original. The writing here is taut, concise and as lean as a whippet.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Fighting back against the heritage of an illegal war and a corrupt police force in Blair's Britain.
  • The Sweeney (2012)
    Review preview for The Sweeney

    The perfunctory plot is much less of a serious crime than The Sweeney's worst offences, however - that it feels dated and, for all its surface gruffness, pretty daft.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2 out of 5
    The Flying Squad investigate after a robbery turns sour.

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