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25th July 2018
06:39pm BST

The gimmicking location is arguably the most important, and god damn, if Final Score doesn’t have the best. It is at the Boleyn Ground. AKA Upton Park. AKA West Ham United’s old stadium.
Yes, this is Die Hard at a football match. If you are not already screaming “Shut up and take my money” like Fry from Futurama, I’m not sure if we can ever truly be friends.
And even better, it was actually filmed at the real Upton Park, before it was demolished. Some scenes appear to have been filmed at an actual match. Just think of the possibilities. Hopefully there will be a scene where the bad guys burst into the commentary studio and take Gary Neville and Steven Gerrard hostage. There will definitely be a bit where some snooty prawn sandwich fans in the directors’ box tries to sell out to the bad guys, and gets killed for his troubles. Maybe Mark Noble will team up with Dave Bautista.
It is a proven fact that putting a wrestler in a film instantly makes it loads better, but former WWE champ Bautista is actually a pretty decent actor – he’s great as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy, and has also done well in Blade Runner 2049 and Spectre.
But more importantly, according to the press release he plays an ex-soldier, which means he’s going to be an American who doesn’t understand football. He’ll ask someone what the offside rule is. There will probably be a scene where he’s in an East End pub, and try jellied eels. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS FILM.
The bad guy appears to be Ray Stevenson as some Russian dude, which seems fine. But more importantly in Pierce Brosnan is in this with a bad Russian accent. What more could you want?
Bautista jumps off the roof of West Ham on a motorbike. How can you not be excited about this film.
Final Score is released on September 7th, and will be available on Sky Cinema from the same day.Explore more on these topics:

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