Film review
Green Street Hooligans 2005
Directed by Lexi Alexander109 minCrime · Drama
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
½Watched 26 May 2020
That felt way longer than 1hr 40 mins.
Film was ok, I couldn’t decide whether I liked it or not because of the terrible accents and bad acting at points, but being a British guy who likes football I found the film somewhat entertaining, and I quite liked how the film ended. Also Elijah Wood was really annoying at times but I quite like him in other stuff so I’ll look past it, he felt kinda out of place as a “football Hooligan” throughout the film, mostly coz he’s American who started off not knowing who West Ham were and calling it soccer, but also because I’m not sure the hobbit was suited to the role of a (going to use quotations again as I feel weird saying it) “hooligan”. But the way the film ended was quite satisfying even though there was a sad moment that I don’t wanna spoil, I’d be pissed if I found out there was a sequel.
(Just googled it and there was in fact a sequel in 2009 but Elijah Wood wasn’t in it and the top review on IMDb says it’s “Repellent, brain-numbing bilge” so I’m just gonna pretend it doesn’t exist)
6.9/10
