West Ham co-owner David Sullivan’s foray into the film production world with ‘Rise of the Krays’, has turned slightly dark as reports have surfaced that Sullivan may have been involved in creating fake reviews to trumpet his own work. Ed Aarons of The Guardian reported that ‘reviews on IMDb seem to have been written by people connected to Sullivan‘.
In the trailer for the film, one review states “the best British gangster film ever made“. However, what makes this slightly suspicious is that this review comes from Sullivan’s very own newspaper; The Sunday Sport.
In addition, the article in The Guardian also alleges that a number of reviews on the film review site IMBD may have been written by people connected to Sullivan.
The film has been heavily advertised by those around the club, with the Official West Ham site dedicating time to the film in it’s news section along with a number of tweets by the club, co-owner David Gold and Sullivan’s son Jack.
THE RISE OF THE KRAYS described as the best Gangster film ever made can be digitally downloaded from today and out on DVD next Monday(31lst)— Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) August 24, 2015
Don’t know how to make your night any better… WATCH RISE OF THE KRAYS! 3rd on iTunes— Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) August 29, 2015
Rise of the Krays best British gangster film. Out in all good supermarkets tomorrow and on ITunes NOW https://t.co/jXXnAAZRaT— Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) August 30, 2015
RISE OF THE KRAYS-produced by my pal David Sullivan is out on DVD & BlueRay Monday One paper said it’s the best gangster film of all time dg— David Gold (@davidgold) August 30, 2015
David Sullivan has denied any knowledge of creating these ‘fake reviews‘ and added that he “would not know how to add reviews to the site“.
