Storyline
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.
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Cast
Elijah Wood, Geoff Bell, Marc Warren, Claire Forlani, Charlie Hunnam, Ross McCall, Leo Gregory, Rafe Spall, Kieran Bew, Henry Goodman, Francis Pope, Christopher Hehir, Terence Jay, David Alexander, Oliver Allison, James Allison, Joel Beckett, Scott Christie, David Carr, Jacob Gaffney, Jamie Kenna, Johnny Palmiero
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Reviews
88
Then I realized the movie's point is that someone like this nerdy Harvard boy might be transformed in a fairly short time into a bloodthirsty gang fighter. The message is that violence is hard-wired into men, if only the connection is made.
80
Film Threat
A great film because of it's realism and the ability to show viewers a world that exists even today, but not everyone knows about.
70
Variety
Unvarnished verisimilitude, visceral impact and vividly evoked emotional and physical extremes distinguish Hooligans, the impressive debut feature by German-born helmer Lexi Alexander.
70
L.A. Weekly
Playing something of a cipher who reinvents himself as the occasion demands, Wood is unusually well cast, but it's Hunnam, with a psychotic twinkle in his eye, who turns the movie on whenever he's onscreen.
50
The Hollywood Reporter
Viewers hoping to understand the senseless phenomenon of football hooliganism would do better to rent Alan Clarke's nearly 20-year-old "The Firm."
