The Rack Pack

The Rack Pack is right up my street. I was big into snooker in the 80's and 90's .

I thought the movie was very good, the first half brought some very good music tracks back to life. I seem to remember that in 1979 the snooker was on the BBC for hour after hour, and if memory recalls Higgins lost to Taylor during that championship.

In a nutshell, this stinks. I don't think I have ever seen such a collection of untalented people gathered together in one place and contributing to one film.

Thinking back now,this probably my 4th or 5th review. I had sadly lost my copy of this what can only be described as a classic in my opinion,and only recently managed to source another.

Tells the story of the hurricane Alex Higgins & his rivalry with Steve Davis , his battle with drink & drugs , his highs to his downfall but considering its to do with Snooker its a great great film and you'll love it .

Having just watched Ronnie O'Sullivan beat Barry Hawkins 10-1 to win his 6th Masters title, I tuned in to The Rack Pack on BBC iPlayer for a great throwback to the 70s & 80s of Snooker. I myself have been a massive snooker fan for the past 10 years, I know a lot about players from the past from reading various books about them and of course seeing a lot of them still involved in snooker today, playing and commentating/analysing.

Great idea for a story and was immediately interested but from when I first watched the trailer, I thought, why oh why do they hire English actors to play Ulstermen? Plenty of good Irish actors out there and Luke Treadaway just isn't up to it.

After watching the final on Sunday 17.1.

THE RACK PACK tells a straightforward tale by contrasting the life of clean-cut Steve Davis (Will Merrick) with that of maverick Alex Higgins (Luke Treadaway). Obsessed with snooker from an early age, Davis was taken up by manager Barry Hearn (Kevin Bishop) and transformed into a media personality.