Mitch lives in suburban London, having turned his back on his previous life of casual violence and intimidation as part of a legendary South East London firm. In the modern day he's the denizen of respectability and confidence, but Mitch used to be a Guv'nor. When his soon tries to emulate him, and an incident happens in his old stomping ground, this holds a mirror up to Mitch and shows him the monster once again, dying to break out and wreak havoc.......If your reading this review, then your like me, you've always had a soft spot for this type of Sub genre, the urban crime movie. Now here, it's more of the same, but the makers of the film have gave it a little spin, making it old school versus youth.Its predictable fare, the young lads are depicted as the hooded sludge we see on most street corners everyday. You know the ones, speaking in a faux American accent, and walking like they have stones in their shoes. Oh how they vex ones mind..And then you have the old boys. They all have good jobs, nice houses, and really good skin, despite the years of booze and violence. You know the ones, still a bit tasty, but never forget to 'ave a larf. And you recognise them from being on the telly when they were younger.But then silly old seventies teen pop heart throb David Essex goes and punches the one from Rizzle Kicks, and it all goes down.And that's the film. We have the young ones running the street being abhorrent, and the old ones not doing too much apart from sit around and wait for the big fight at the end.Add former top ten, and MTV star Richard Blackwood, and the bloke from Soaps, and you have this totally, perfunctory slice of urban crime.But what makes it rise above other Brit flicks, is the fact that it has a nice twist to it, that I never saw coming.Perfect for a Sunday evening when nothing else is one.

Review: This is one of those typical East End movies about a young criminal minded gang leader who wants to make a name for himself by taking out the old mobsters who used to run his turf. I must admit, the film is quite predictable and it's nothing that we haven't seen before. Doug Allen, who plays one of the main characters as the old football Hooligan whose gone straight, gets dragged back into the Hooligan life after there old leader, played by David Essex, gets murdered. There's a couple of twists along the way but it takes some time to get going and there's a lot of unnecessary violence which goes a bit too far. Harley Sylvester, who plays the lead as the violent youth, played his part quite well and his sidekick was quite a scary looking fellow but the script wasn't that original and I did loose interest after a while. The difference between the generations and how they deal with there problems, is real in today's day to day life so I found the film more frustrating than entertaining. Average!Round-Up: If you watch Eastenders, you might remember Doug Allen from the earlier episodes as Nathan between 2001-2002. I haven't really seen him in anything else since then, but he played his part quite well, especially as this is his first leading role. The whole setting for the movie might look familiar because it's were Clockwork Orange was filmed. You also might have seen the guy who played the lead as the violent youth before, as one of the rappers in the Rizzle Kids, so he's not a stranger to performing. In this film I personally think that it's the typical UK gangstar storyline which needed some work but there are a couple of twists that make it slightly interesting.I recommend this movie to people who are into their UK drama/violent movies about a   football hooligan whose gone straight but gets dragged back into his old lifestyle after the leader of his old squad gets murdered. 3/10

Doug Allen and Harley Sylvester put in terrific performances in this thought provoking film about a gang who control an inner city estate, but have the ghost and rep of their predecessors (by 20 years) hanging over them. The story's twist is well constructed and changes the perspective you have on both main characters. Sympathy ebbs and flow causing you to consider your own life actions in a profound way.Don't go into this film thinking your going to The Firm (new version) or Football Factory, The Guvnors has so much more. Dark in many parts and lively in others the realism it portrays is spot on.Thamesmede is a perfect setting with a number of infamous locations on view. Indeed the pub is well known for having shotgun pellets in its ceiling.

A1... A top British thriller set against the tough background of south London's housing estates, today's gang culture and football hooliganism of the 1980/90 s a top, an excellent British cast led by the four main leads Harley sylvester, doug Allen, jay Simpson and 1980s rockstar David Essex all taking excellent gritty believable roles, plus an excellent supporting cast with cameos from some of the united kingdoms most famous/infamous 1980/90s football hooligans, a must for anyone who is into believable gritty British crime drama with a backdrop of the subculture of football casuals in the United Kingdom, contains ultra violence as well as moments of comedy all round a great film I would recommend anyone from 16 to 65 go see it, there something in it for everyone... 10/10