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I couldn't resist this as I watch most of the 'geezer' movies that come out. Firstly the title is very confusing. The main character isn't white collar, and his hooligan activities are limited to a short montage in the opening 5 minutes. What it's really about is an unemployed thug joining a credit card cloning racket and rising through the ranks before the inevitable crash. The story more or less follows the trajectory of 'Goodfellas' but obviously no where near as slick of well written. Some of the dialogue is straight out of the 'Football Factory' book and gets far to close to the embarrassment of Danny Dyer's forced tones. The music is also woeful and inappropriate. That said, the credit card scam sections are quite entertaining in a limited beer & curry night kind of way. In closing, I don't know what you would expect from a film entitled 'Fall and Rise of a White Collar Hooligan' but what you get is a flawed low budget crime drama with some limited interesting parts. 5/10

I found this in a charity shop as an over-sized VHS with lurid illustrated cover. The airbrushed scene depicted is of a televised political rally and ensuing fight with a guy holding swastika banner. There was nothing to give away it's Australian setting or much else with brief description and mysterious cover art. I'm sure the 1980's distributer wanted it that way. The film trundles along a bit and the pace is not the film's strong point. In fact I'd struggle to find too many redeeming features although I enjoyed the political pessimism and cynical outlook of this near-future set thriller. Budget is minimal, but lots of period technology and fashions. A slow burner.