We are here in the Blairite world gone utterly mad. Society has gone to pot, the streets have been taken over by yobs … enter the punishers.

If you enjoyed The Football Factory then writer director Nick Love has reunited some of the stars in The Business (Pathe, €24.99), a smart and sassy Costa crime work which sees Frankie (Danny Dyer) seek refuge from the law and earn some dosh among the locals.

A good opening to this British gangster film fails to be sustained, but while it's good it's very good. Pity it didn't last the distance.

This timely film enters the dark heart of football violence, as mastered by the fat-bellied, tattooed, booze-guzzling English ‘fans’ currently befouling Portugal.

A controversial film about soccer violence will be premiered in London tonight – just over a month before the start of the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal.