Clubbed is a British crime/gangster movie set in the eighties in an unnamed UK city. If you know anything about the screen writer Geoff Thompson you'll know the city to be Coventry. It follows the fortunes of Danny (Mel Raido), a broken man after the break up of his marriage, he seeks solace at the boxing club next to his daughters dance class. Taken under the wing of street warrior philosopher Louis (Colin Salmon) he soon becomes one of a close knit gang of bouncers, one of whom Sparky (Scot Williams) is in deep with a local gangster. As you'd expect things turn nasty, and as Danny becomes stronger and more confident the deeper he gets drawn in, but can he ...  Read the complete review

Clubbed is a true story adaptation based on the book, 'Watch my back' by Geoff Thompson. I am glad to be reviewing this as I have watched this film twice and it gets better every time. The Story Clubbed is set in the 1980s, it is a story about Danny played by Mel Raido, who is a lonely factory worker ridden with fears and self doubt. He is constantly intimidated by the thugs and struggles frequently to appease his ex wife, Angela played by Maxine Peake, for her permission to be with his children in the weekends. Danny met a group of nightclub doorman who help him to gain his confidence to stand on his own ground. The nightclub is a magnet to ...  Read the complete review

WARNING: Massive Spoilers! At 6:30am on 15 November 2005 I found myself waiting outside Glen Smith's "Red Corner" gym in Coventry. It was dark and cold, and I was tired, and yet my diary entry reads like the blabbering of an excited schoolboy: "My day began with a dream come true!" It was for a very good reason. Until the middle of June the following year Geoff Thompson took in an invitation-only group of coaches and friends to work out with him. I was fortunate to have been invited to this group. Those gatherings inspired a lot in a very short space of time. Geoff used it as a blueprint for his master classes. Two of his coaches, Matty and ...  Read the complete review

Let me start by saying I think that films like Clubbed are prime examples of why well made British films are hard to beat. Colin Salmon is brilliant as the head doorman who takes the lead character Danny under his wing, gives him self-confidence and teaches him the art of pugilism. This movie is about a man who basically reaches his lowest ebb, is physically and mentally destroyed but who decides to literally fight back. He then gets dragged into an unseemly world of violence and retribution on the door of the local nightclub and against a local bunch of thugs who have made his life hell. Danny is a fearful, self-hating factory worker from the West ...  Read the complete review

I'd actually never heard of this film until reading bruffyboy's review the other day and decided I had to check it out. Clubbed is a gripping tale revolving around the life of a father seperated from his wife and kids who is having problems with his confidence, his world changes when he's invited to get physically fit and start boxing in a gym located next to his girl's dance classes. The gym is ran by a big chap called Louis (Colin Salmon) who also works as a local doorman with his pals Rob and Sparky at a top-end club in the town. The film is filmed in Birmingham but seemed to be trying to give off a more northern vibe to me, it's set in the early 80s and ...  Read the complete review