Marching Powder

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Marching Powder

2025

1h 36m

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Crime

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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?

Kevin Maher

The 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Mr Bettershed E

It’s so bad as a film it’s almost good , worth a watch if you’re a Danny fan , the cast are great it’s like the film Snatch but bought off Temu . Don’t take it seriously just enjoy it for What it is , defiantly a watch at home film

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/28/25

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paul l

Tough one. Bit of a cross between last of the Footsoldier movies crossed with trainspotting. Dyer plays his role with conviction but there’s just something lacking in this film. Can’t put my finger on it. That said, worth a watch. 😁😁

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Danny G

It's very cringey to watch grown men running about acting like idiots. Not worth watching. Avoid

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/25

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Mark G

please its just absolute shite

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/24/25

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Audience Member

50 year old football hooligans who still do drugs, wow so cool. No as bad as other people suggest but this is 20 years too late. Poorly written with stupid characters.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/20/25

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John S

This might possibly be one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Amazingly it manages to simultaneously be incredibly boring for anyone wanting a football factory type film and will be incredibly cringe worthy for anyone who doesn’t. I’ve got no idea who the target audience is because it seems to suit absolutely nobody. Shockingly bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/16/25

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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?

Director: Nick Love
Producer: Chris Clark, Will Clarke
Screenwriter: Nick Love
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 36m