Top Dog does what it says on the tin - a London crime thriller with everything you'd expect something of this ilk to contain. 'Geezers' who hiss their dialogue through gritted teeth, hookey goings on in the shady underworld of extortion and strip clubs, men who only wear black, worlds that fall apart because of a twisted version of 'justice', big crime bosses who only whisper deeply profound things. In sum, enough to keep any gangster movie fan's sofa surrounded with a growing collection of empty lager cans and Monster Munch bags throughout its 1 and half hour run.

As director, Martin Kemp (best known from his Spandau Ballet days) holds on to the reins most of the time though he brings nothing new to the genre. It's all fairly predictable and goes through the motions in a way even the most discerning viewer can understand.

Clearly the ending was set up in such a way so as to encourage us to believe more of the same will follow. If it does, it needs a better script, correctly ironed out and with fewer clichéd characters. It passed a rainy afternoon.

Having followed my team home and away in the 70's and 80's I found the confrontation scenes laughable, not sure how thick you would have to be to want to face people armed with knifes, bottles and baseball bats most fans wanted to know where the pub was when they travelled away. The story is pretty predictable Billy Evans played by Leo Gregory gets in way over his head when he starts a pitch war with Mickey played by Ricci Harnett. The major problem is everyone seems to be trying to out leery everyone else which becomes a bit wearisome, the best actor by a country mile is Vincent Regan who understands less is more. Not the worst Saturday night Sky movie but unfortunately Martin Kemp makes a hash of the film with lack of pace, building up tension, empathy for characters, loved one posters comment "Lorraine Stanley playing Julie appears to have based her character on Waynetta Slob" had me laughing out loud this morning.

I liked green street so I saw this movie while scrolling through netflix. I decided to download it to watch on the plane and it was decent to pass time.