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Marching Powder

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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?

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Paul B I have seen worse films, but few with so little of a plot. So Marching Powder passes a non-judgemental, violent hour and a half. Dan Dyer just plays Danny Dyer and so the result is a completely predictable scenario. Find a better film and don't waste your time. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/23/25 Full Review DanTheMan 2 Powered by copious amounts of lager and cocaine, Marching Powder will do little to quell the stereotyping of middle-aged football hooligans but does admittedly provide the occasional laugh amidst the gratuitous violence and drunken punch-ups. In some regards, it feels like it's harkening back to the early days of Guy Ritchie, however, not even Danny Dyer's boyish charm and undeniable screen presence - when he does manage to recapture the raw intensity that made him a star in the first place - can redeem Director Nick Love's script. Maybe one day I'll actually bring myself to watch his remake of The Sweeney if only for the car chase the Top Gear lads directed. For all the foul-mouthed aggro, the predominant tone is one of mollycoddled smugness, aiming to shock by reviving taboo language and jokes about sitting on Gary Glitter's lap, it's more toothless than dangerous but I can't deny I still had a degree of fun watching Marching Powder. It's awful, don't get me wrong, but in that oh-so-special way that makes it endearingly crap than outright crap but maybe Danny Dyer should stick to popping up on Celebrity Gogglebox now and then. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/19/25 Full Review Gavin M Business as usual, highly entertaining if you enjoyed the The Business / Football Factory I’d highly recommend Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review James B No appeal to anyone with half a brain. You would have more fun watching the outtakes of Dereck season 1 and Kevin just swearing and making stuff up on the spot than you have watching this film. The novelty and the "funniness" of the word C%4T wears off quickly when the story is dead in the water. This kind of film had its day back in the early 2000s but football hooliganism humor is long gone, this is 2025, all those men who used to enjoy these films are in their late 30s-early 50s now, married, kids and well and truly under the thumb, they're not going to the cinema to see this by themselves. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Simon P Awful but Green Street watchers will like it. A few words dotted in between numerous very strong swear words, so don't go with your mum Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Steve W I grown up wathing films like "The Business" etc but this was so poor I walked out half way through. I was away on business and thought I would kill a few hours, the cinema was near empty but I could hear the other four people in the room laughing etc so it does appeal to some. I must have grown up allot as I thought this film was for the braindead. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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