Daniel Jacobs half baked egg, the soundtracks are not even full and complete, I mean, if I wanted to get a CD all i would get is meaningless half finished tracks, there is no storyline in the movie, somehow bits and pieces are tied together with a shoe string budget and served on the platter like a half baked potato, a lot of things are implied in the movie, but we aren't going to the cinema and day dream about actions, we are there to see a story, and it conveys little and leaves much to imaginations, probably the script writer imagines things too much, a lot of scenes don't make much sense, and neither the appeal, probably the movie was made to fit a soundtrack, cmon it is not a movie just a snack made out of some rotten half baked products and ideas, oh well, why did I even bother seeing it!

Leofwine_draca AWAYDAYS is one of the dullest films I've sat through in a while. Ostensibly a hard-hitting exploration of life as a football thug, in reality this is just a piece of trash. The diabolical script, littered with c-words and other mindless thuggery, fails to distinguish between different characters and also fails to explore any of the themes we usually associate with good film-making, namely redemption, honour, respect, integrity.There are no character arcs, no growth, no exploration of the human spirit. The only distinctive character is the one played by Stephen Graham, who feels like a pastiche of Robert Carlyle's infamous character in TRAINSPOTTING. There are violent scenes of head-kicking and gang fighting, but none of them are presented with an ounce of interest. They're not even particularly hard-hitting.Most of the cast are undoubtedly amateurs and that's more than obvious in the wooden faces and stilted dialogue. If you're looking for a film in this vein then I recommend Peter Mullan's NEDS, which handles the same era and the same topics in an infinitively better, harder-hitting and thoroughly engaging way.

mike-pink-362-169210 Tried desperately hard to enjoy this film and it seemed to start off OK but the mixed story lines, and slow moving scenes etc meant I was nodding off about half way through and found it a struggle to get to the end.Some good bits but too jumbled and so many loose ends to really enjoy along with a damp squid of an ending that did it no favours. The sound track was probably the most enjoyable element with some decent 70's 80's tunes throughout.As hooligan films go, bit more realistic in places than sum such as Green St which is utter tosh but not on the same level as the original film of the 'Firm' with Gary Oldman which is a classic and still the best in my opinion.

thesandfly77 There seems to be some ill-will towards this tidy little parable and I cannot understand why.Maybe the Joy Division fanboys feel the material is misplaced but I contend the great soundtrack is only used to set time and place and does not work in reverse like some latter day music vid.Nor is it a 'hooligan' movie.My own reaction was that this is a terrific effort, both from a committed cast and production side who nail the period in perfect British bleakness.The football hooliganism feels like it is intended - a fantastical sideshow and not the main thrust of the film which centres around a lower middle-class lad's attempt for acceptance by a pack of working-class hooligans and the unrequited homosexual love between him and the pack's coolest member.Carty, said middle-class lad, ultimately is a tourist, and the film conveys this superbly while whipping us along for the ride.Pay little attention to those attempting to fold this boisterous creation into a pigeon hole; it stands on its own as a potent reflection of a sentimentally grim time in British culture.Entertaining, admirable and bittersweet. Watch it.