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Red Army Hooligans

Red Army hooligans starts off with the cops coming in to breaking up a boxing match on the other side of the credits

Tony, played by Stephen Smith regular Jon Paul Gates, he is the head of A British mob, but is recovering from a head injury sustained from a boxing fight. His associates are trying to take over, but the only thing he wants, is to get back in the game. It’s disturbing to see him… Forgetful, not quite understanding how to brush his teeth… A little bit too familiar to me in the days I watched my father sink in to his own dementia.
It’s not just his emotions and her answer, he keeps asking about his daughter Bridget… I notably absent presence. It starts to get very unnerving around a half hour point, A tragic meditation on our own mortality and The frailty of the human body.

That’s really what this is about, the ailment and perceptions that Gates suffers from. This isn’t a gangster film in any way shape or form – the mob stuff is kinda just background noise. It really makes me wish that this movie had a different name because it’s a very different kind of movie. This is a heartbreaking drama and a genuinely good role for Gates, a challenging performance smartly filled by Smith