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The Final: Attack on Wembley

By Danny Brogan, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 14+

Soccer docu has fan violence, strong language, racist abuse.

Movie NR 2024 82 minutes
The Final -- Attack on Wembley poster: England soccer fans outside Wembley Stadium

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I think it had great content. I really hope the bragging idiots that spoiled it for most people like the Utd fan get arrested charged for the ticket and an exclusion order round Wembley when anything is happening.

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Few come out of this soccer documentary well. The Final: Attack on Wembley depicts the ugly side of the beautiful game with ticketless England supporters drinking, taking drugs, and then causing all manner of mayhem and destruction as they stormed Wembley Stadium during the final of Euro 2020. While those tasked with maintaining order and security at the stadium appeared ill-equipped to deal with such events. As for the fans seen fighting, causing damage, and, in one case, inserting a lit flare between their buttocks, hooligans would be a better word to describe them. The film actually interviews two of those involved. Both show little, if any remorse, and there's a feeling that the filmmakers could have -- and perhaps should have -- called out their behavior more. Their excuse comes down to the fact that they had been locked down for much of the pandemic and that a chance to see their beloved England team play in a final of a major international tournament was not something they were prepared to miss, whether they had a ticket or not. With hours of CCTV footage and TikTok videos available, the documentary captures the ensuring chaos. England lost the game that day. But while their players can hang their heads up high, the same can't be said for a large number of their fans.

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