I saw this film on its cinema release in the UK and thought it was pretty dreadful. I remember a ridiculous scene in which a snooker player is chasing the other player around the table in a rage, with the legendary commentor Ted Lowe saying "The crowd are loving this". 'Whispering' Ted Lowe demeaned himself by taking part in this travesty and must have just done it for the money. The story strongly implies that there's widespread fixing of matches in snooker which is most certainly not the case in real life apart from a few isolated cases. It's a truly bad film in so many ways but I give it 4 stars because I wasn't bored by it.
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Don't give up your day job bob (including snooker).
michaelhill-7309925 September 2022
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This is a truly dire poor man's version of THE HUSTLER. Poor direction, dull script & a truly terrible non acting central 'performance' by the boomtown rat himself; bob geldof as a drifter snooker pro up against the mob in this shabby TV movie which incredibly got released in UK cinemas (i'd have demanded me money back). Apart from the 'live aid' lead: an otherwise fine cast are completely wasted on numerous snooker scenes which are about as exciting as a hole in the head (GET IT!?). About the only redeeming features are geldof getting a well deserved kicking about 30 minutes into it's duration (if you're still awake by then) & some nostalgic shots of suburban london in the mid 80s.
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