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ID2: Shadwell Army (2016)

ID2: Shadwell Army (2016)

GENRESAction
LANGEnglish
ACTOR
Simon RiversLinus RoachePaul PopplewellAndy Rush
DIRECTOR
Joel Novoa

SYNOPSICS

ID2: Shadwell Army (2016) is a English movie. Joel Novoa has directed this movie. Simon Rivers,Linus Roache,Paul Popplewell,Andy Rush are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. ID2: Shadwell Army (2016) is considered one of the best Action movie in India and around the world.

A young British Asian, Mo is a fast-rising police officer who goes under cover infiltrating Shadwell's resurgent hooligan element, who are fired up by Shadwells's takeover by a Russian oligarch and their unlikely adventure into European competition. Mo quickly becomes embroiled in the local schism between the BNP and EDL and plans to build a new mosque in the shadow of the Shadwell ground creates an explosive environment in which football and political violence form a perfect storm of social unrest. In the midst of this, Mo is faced with the essential existential question of of who he really is and where he really belongs. It's 20 years on and clever Trevor is now chief super, but what happens to the rest of the gang?

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ID2: Shadwell Army (2016) Reviews

  • Oh dear! Oh dear!

    joel-334672016-08-15

    Being a massive fan of the original I was really looking forward to watching ID2... How let down was I? Low budget, unconvincing acting and a very poor, disconnected story line. The main character is neither convincing as a police officer or a football hooligan and the fight scenes are shockingly bad. Shadwell are now playing the likes of Bolton and Hull in the Premier League? What happened to Wapping away in the cup? All the magic has been taken away with this awful sequel. Some really cringe worthy moments as well. I lost interest 40 minutes in but stuck it out to the bitter end. Give this a swerve and watch the original again. This was truly awful!

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  • Strange but interesting, a cult classic in the making?

    warpster-854602016-08-17

    This really took me by surprise. It kind of is ID, and kind of isn't. It's Shadwell (and I really love how that environment has been brought up to date - owned by Russian billionaire, season tickets cost too much etc), there's some characters we know and love (Gumbo!), but it's not John undercover now (though he does have a presence) but Mohammed, and we get deep into some politics that are way beyond the usual terrace shenanigans. I certainly didn't expect this film to take us into the area of extreme street politics, but then remember where the original film left us at the end, with John's "is he, isn't he" moment, and in a way this film picks up where the first one left off. And we get another big question mark at the end of this one too, quite cleverly. The screenwriter is being quite cheeky taking us into this territory (same guy who wrote the first one), but I think he has earned the right and largely gets away with it. There were some moments that really unnerved me, it can get quite close to the bone,but I don't want to do any spoilers here. Just enough to say that all is not as it seems. I know some people who love the original just want more of the same served up, like Green Street 2 or something, but then they probably would've complained if all they got was the same story again. Know what, ID was slagged off when it first came out and is now acknowledged, 20 years later, as a cult classic. I've got a sneaking suspicion the same will happen with this film. I was a bit bewildered when I first watched it, but the story stays with me and I keep thinking back to it, and will definitely have another look when the DVD comes out.

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  • Really really interesting movie

    beautifullywicked2016-12-01

    We loved this, and I really didn't expect to. A group of friends wanted to see this as a late night end to a party, and it didn't sound my cup of tea at all. I don't like football, I don't like violence, and I don't like boy films, but in the end it was me telling everyone else to shush. The boys liked all the laddy stuff of course, and I must admit it was energetic and exciting in those areas, depending on the adrenalin of the actors rather than cgi wham bam stuff, but what really got to me was the journey of the central character, Mo, who starts out in one place and ends up in another, but you never really know where he really stands, who he really is, maybe because he doesn't know himself. That kind of mystery and confusion about a character is just what gets me in a film. In a strange way it reminded me of William Friedkin's weird thriller Cruising. In the same way as that film, you finish at the end thinking and arguing about what you've just seen, about what the reality of it is. By the end I had quite forgotten this was a film about football violence, it seemed to be about so much more. I'll have to watch the original ID now too, there were lots of discussions by the boys comparing the two films, some liked the first one more. But in the early hours of the morning we were all really debating the film, and how many times can you say that. Highly recommended!

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  • An audacious film, I nearly didn't see

    vincentospace-pauline2017-01-06

    The sequel to one of my all time favourite British movies, I could not believe this had been released without much publicity or fanfare, and only got to hear this had been released when over hearing a conversation in a pub, between two guys I'd never met. They were arguing fiercely about it, one loved it and one hated it, I thought whatever movie this is it must be interesting, and it turns out to be the follow up to ID! The argument between e two guys was about the fact this film goes off at a tangent into politics, which seemed to me a strange thing to argue about as I found the first film extremely political, telling the story of John, whose character completely breaks down in the course of the film, until he becomes fodder for nazi groups (that's my reading anyhow). Some may feel the direction of ID2 is unfaithful to the first film, but I feel it couldn't be more so without just being a tired retread. So much to say about this film, I would get boring, but it is based in Shadwell , though cleverly updated, it involves an undercover cop again, who again has a sort of breakdown, there's sexual tension and betrayal like the last one had, and some of the characters from the original film re appear- LOVE YOU GUMBO!!! But it's different too. The cop hero is a British Muslim (I think) and a mosque is being built next to the Shadwell ground, so it massively kicks off. What a BRILLIANT idea! Audacious is the word. This and other factors bring the original ID concept right up to date, this is England here and now, and it ain't pretty. The film is very low budget, and sometimes that shows (could no one properly fund this film?) and some of the casting is less than spot on, probably the two facts are linked, and this is what stops me giving the film a perfect 10. But there is more going on in this film than any other I have seen in the last year, and I found it both funny and exciting. The climax has a big disappointment in it (no spoilers), but again it is that word audacious. This is an incredible film, as was the original, I will watch it many times, and I can't believe I only knew about it because two blokes were having a row in a pub!

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  • Sequel syndrome shouldn't put you off the Dogs!

    tonypeacock-12017-02-05

    Long awaited sequel to the quintessential football hooligan film I.D. This film was made so long after the first (Trainspotting 2 eat your heart out) that of course some characters have sadly departed us. (Bob the landlord of The Rock played by Warren Clarke). The film retains some continuity from the first with admirable cameos by Perry Fenwick as Eddie (Billy Mitchell off Eastenders) and Richard Graham as Trevor. Eddie and Trevor were part of the original police unit in I.D. The film strays away from football (as if hooliganism wasn't enough) to the subject of fascism by members of far right groups such as the English Defence League. The main character is an Asian called Mo (Simon Rivers) who does an admirable job as the undercover police mole. The Yorkshire locations are mainly in Kingston Upon Hull rather than South London and add little to the film. Another returning character Gumbo becomes an unlikely hero. Not as good as the first film as most sequels aren't but a worthy watch all the same.

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