The film itself is much better than most football hooligan films, it gives an honest account of football related violence at it's peak in the 80's throughout the UK; without trying to glamorize the criminal activity associated with it. All the parts are well acted and believable, and the overall production is done well. However, if you are watching this film under the pretense that it is based on a true story please take it with a pinch of salt. I read the book 'Running With the Firm' which is the true account of what actually happened to James Bannon (John) during his undercover operation, and while the characters and overall plot are the same, there are some significant story changes to make the film more entertaining, some slight in their changes, to others completely made up. The ending is also drastically different to what actually happened in real life.Overall the film is quite good and worth a watch for any football fan who is sick of seeing badly acted over dramatic films such as Green Street, but as is usually the case, the book is much better.

Unintentionally hilarious..This was about as well written, violent and emotional as an episode of Grange Hill and only slightly less realistic than Green Street Americans.. I mean Green Street HOOLIGANS - sorry.There is only so many mockney "YOU CAAAHHNTS" you can take.The scene with the two dyslexics was the only good bit.Dyslexic 1: Can you smell gas? Dyslexic 2: I can't even smell me own name, mate.That bit was genuinely well written and had gravitas.Actually tell a lie, the other good bit was when the woman went to the Chinese restaurant and got served chicken soup, but she wasn't satisfied with it so she call the waiter over. Then the waiter asked what was wrong and she said "this chicken is rubbery!" and then the waiter says "thank you very much". The humour in that scene arose from the fact that "rubbery" was interpreted by the waiter as "lovely", a clever play on words arising from the (maybe) myth that oriental people mix up there R's and L's.All in all, WORST FILM EVARRRR

Where do you start with a film like I.D.? The story is simple - an unlikeable copper goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent hoodlums, likes it, turns into an even less likable lout and never comes back. Apart from looking as if it was shot on a budget scraped together from the money-back refunds on bottles found in rubbish skips (which adds to the film's overall grimy feel - you'll want to scrub your eyeballs clean after watching this one) and featuring uniformly poor acting throughout, this feels like an extended apology for the disgusting anti-social behaviour that continues to spiral out of control on the streets of Britain every day. At least Alan Clarke's 'The Firm' had a few intelligent points to make about its hateful protagonists, whereas I.D. dares us to find sympathy for the devil. Think about that next time a drunken brawl erupts in the street outside your house at 2am.

This is one of the best English movies I have ever seen. The story is good, but the actors really do this movie.Although this movie is about football hooligans it doesn't have one single scene of a football game.I give this breathtaking drama full score. 10/10.