Green Street Hooligans

[tallinn:express]

First time director Lexi Alexander turns in an impressive debut which features Elijah Wood shedding his Frodo Baggins for the brutal of football hooligans. All the actors really suit the characters that they play.Film deserves to be seen in a wide audience setting. The story is very poignant and honest. Not many films are real and honest and in your face. This film pulls no punches and delivers the goods. Really good movie.

p.s. and if you want to get a feel for what it might be like to be part of a "soccer" gang in England, this is a great film for you.

[Corven]

Re: Green Street Hooligans

heard about this .... any good and when is it open globally??

[DancingQueen]

Re: Green Street Hooligans

I did a search and just had to bump this thread as this movie is that good it deserves some more attention.

It was out in 2005, but never made it into North American theatres, but is a damn shame.

I watched this again yesterday and still can't get over how much I like this movie. i highly recommend this film

Plot Summary for Hooligans (2005)

Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt (Elijah Wood) moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve (Marc Warren.) He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam.) Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) 'firm.' Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends- but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London's most fierce football rivals- Millwall and West Ham United- are set to go head to head.

[man_who_wasnt_there]

Re: Green Street Hooligans

Million miles from impressive.

You'd be better watching a real film about football violence such as...

The Firm 1988

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0095158/

or

I.D. (1995)

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0113375/