hooligan escape the russian job

Football hooliganism proves useful from time to time in anchoring a narrative feature film. The rest is just up to the crew at hand and the creative process unfolds. With British independent thriller, Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job, what we get is just the kind of film that the niche would probably appeal to considering its simplistic formula and low-budget scope with the fitting caliber of action. Writer and director Nicholas Winter, who himself is no stranger to hooligan films, makes work of the endeavor with actor Ben Freeman who bodes strongly as the protagonist next to actress Ali Bastian opposite a menacing and heavily beareded Oleg Hill. The good news is that Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job manages to retain its stimulus as the intensity increases throughout the story, although it does so on a limited palette which doesn’t suit well for character development. In sum, the film starts with […]

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