Green Street Hooligans

Green Street Hooligans

2005
Drama, Crime
1h 49m
When American Matt Buckner (Wood) is expelled unfairly from Harvard, he flees to England and is draw into the underworld of British football hooliganism. Green Street Hooligans is a story of loyalty, trust, and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge. (Freestyle Releasing)
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Green Street Hooligans

2005
Drama, Crime
1h 49m
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Rated 10 Oct 2015
44
48th
Frodo travels to Middle Earth after getting expelled from Hogwarts for dealing cocaine. There he falls in with some foosball hooligans and learns that the only thing to do in Middle Earth is fight, drink, and hold your cigarettes like a right snaggle and bumpsy (that's rhyming slang for fucktwat, innit).
Rated 05 Aug 2014
69
59th
How is it possible that a woman directed this? How could she possibly have been involved in writing this? Because it's about boys throwing the punches at each other, you ask? No. Because the only female character in this movie is some kind of lunatic that immediately recognizes the danger she's in, then literally drives to the most dangerous place she can with her baby in the backseat. Then on top of it, she's so utterly useless she can't even drive away. The cat in Alien is more substantial.
Rated 12 May 2010
35
20th
This movie is actually pro hooliganism, and for such stupidity alone, it really ought to rank high amongst my guilty pleasures. Sadly it doesn't mean to be politically incorrect, it's just _that_ stupid. Football violence becomes a gimmick in a clumsily handled coming-of-age story, about standing your ground and brotherhood for life. You start wondering if the director has ever even been to England. Also I want to meet the man from preproduction, who came up with casting a hobbit as a hooligan.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
40th
Not bad, but it's tough to buy into Frodo as a street fighting bad-ass. Football Factory is a MUCH better movie about Hooliganism.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
68
32nd
If only the script were up to the premise and the fight scenes. A decent amateur effort from Lexi Alexander, but she really should've hired someone to clean up her embarassingly trite dialogue and fill in plot holes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
64th
Well made. After seeing it, I got weird urge to beat up random people.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
63
28th
Could've been great, but the moral speeches and Elijah Wood together ruins everything.
Rated 04 Aug 2008
10
0th
Hate the message. Bad acting. Full of annoying stereotypes and caricatures.
Rated 18 Jul 2009
7
57th
(2nd viewing) You know what ruins this film ? The bloody yanks !!! Had they left out Wood's character and focus on the "hooliganism" (gosh, I hate that word), this would've been a great film. Hunnam is a find and in the end it's a fun experience for someone who enjoys Premier League football like myself.
Rated 09 Oct 2009
83
85th
There's much more in it than the fighting only. A good, solid, fast and deeper story than I expected from this one. Wood's performance is great, just as others's and the camerawork is great in some scenes. Really liked it.
Rated 01 Jul 2010
30
21st
There is not much to admire here. It's all pretty implausable, with no firm in England ever going to have a fresh face American within their ranks, particuarly a firm so clearly based upon the ICF. Along with the well faaaaking overplayed cockney accents, the acting is generally awful, with Wood completely unwatchable. There are just so many inaccuracies here that as a West Ham fan and a football fan it hard to sit through this silly, nasty, overly polished hooligan melodrama and enjoy it.
Rated 24 Aug 2010
68
20th
I think ultimately it's heart is in the right place, but like it's characters it can't let go of the glorification of thuggishness and feels like someone saying "do as I say, not as I do." It's pretty well made and engaging, though, so it's still worth a look.
Rated 05 Jan 2007
89
90th
this is love football...
Rated 16 Feb 2007
40
19th
Decent film.... but annoying due to Charlie Hunnam's pathetic accent.
Rated 18 Mar 2007
60
33rd
Poor filmmaking for a potentially good movie
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
7th
Some decent fight scenes, but a clumsy movie-of-the-week plot, and Elijah Wood makes a most unconvincing lager lout.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
78th
I suppose the reality is probably a bit different but overall I enjoyed it. At the end it becomes perhaps a little more violent.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
27th
Interesting drama starring Elijah Wood as an American seduced by the world of football hooliganism. Challenging stuff
Rated 14 Aug 2007
73
33rd
What the movie lacked in dialogue, it at least attempted to make up for in action. Furthermore, several of the scenes spoke for themselves created a feeling that words would never have been able to properly express. More so than anything else, Charlie Hunnam will be a star in Hollywood. Mark my words.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
27th
Sure, I know that Charlie Hunham's accent is innaccurate and that West Ham Utd. is unfairly depicted, but I enjoyed the hell out of this movie and thought it was a fine film with a few small factual errors.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
67th
Released in US as Hooligans, its a well-told tale, though predictable. Ejijah Wood leaves Middle Earth behind with an excellent performance. Gruesomely realistic violence ties together a rather touching tale of male friendship.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
55th
Frodo is all grown up and kicking the crap out of people with his soccer hooligan friends. This film was non-stop action and non-stop entertainment, and it gives you plenty of eye candy with the oh so adorable Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.
Rated 15 Aug 2007
72
57th
Elijah Wood is fantastic, as always. I'm not a big Man U fan, though.
Rated 10 Oct 2007
80
80th
The movie shows the violence of the hooligans of a loyal way to the reality.
Rated 15 Feb 2008
87
85th
A very intense movie that feels in some ways like a blend of Fight Club and The Boondock Saints, however it is not nearly as good as either film. However it is a high octane entertainin watch
Rated 17 Apr 2008
46
15th
Uh...what is so great about this movie?
Rated 17 May 2008
85
89th
pretty fun to watch an american fit in with the football (not american) crowd, and of course they go around making havoc out of order every where.
Rated 30 May 2008
50
55th
Xes all the stereotype boxes, the premise is on the unbelievable/fantasy side, the fight scenes are a bit too shaky, but this is a pretty entertaining film all the same, with better than average acting.
Rated 19 Jul 2008
70
76th
good movie
Rated 29 Sep 2008
81
81st
Go figure that this film is extremely well-made and effective, even when you want to label it exploitive and wave a glorified violence flag on it. Lexi Alexander's examaniation of football hooliganism and its gangs leaves a lasting impression. The film is brutal, barbaric and violent, exposing the sadistic beatings and batterings of brotherhood involved in these gangs. I was shaking my head in disbelief throughout, and that it's a picture of a real sub-culture makes it all the more frightening.
Rated 18 Oct 2008
90
77th
Ok it takes a while to get over the fact that Elijah Wood played a hobbit and that he is not going to disappear back to the shire. Once u have got over that, u realise that this is a great film that can be watched again and again
Rated 26 Jan 2009
85
94th
The life of a hooligan, there's a beast in us all...
Rated 21 Feb 2009
88
78th
Elijah Wood didn't match the film...
Rated 18 Apr 2009
75
61st
Obnoxious fun.
Rated 08 Jun 2009
95
89th
I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air! United "clap clap clap" United "clap clap clap" United "clap clap clap"
Rated 15 Jun 2009
94
89th
Brits are crazy. Just crazy.
Rated 22 Jun 2009
60
20th
Terrible dialogue, yeesh.
Rated 22 Jul 2009
67
48th
Would any firm in England really accept a dwarfish yank in their midst? I think not. But that aside it is a good yarn.
Rated 08 Nov 2009
65
33rd
It was ok, not great, not bad. Not a fan of celebrating violence which there seemed to be a hint of.
Rated 27 Feb 2010
82
87th
I really enjoyed the movie once it picked up speed and it continued that up beat movement until the end.
Rated 16 Mar 2010
80
63rd
This is a brutal movie, but it serves its brutality with a purpuse. It is a rough sneek peek into the world of british hooligans. Those of you who can only see Elijah Wood as Frodo need to watch this movie. Wood shows that he is more than a sweet little hobbit. It is however Charlie Hunnam who completely steal the movie. A movie about friendship, brotherhood and sticking up for yourself set in the urban life of London. Great for a night with guys.
Rated 08 Apr 2010
17
4th
Ugh.
Rated 15 May 2010
75
49th
Loved the film, save for last 2-3 minutes when Buckner sets that rich Harvard creep straight. If it ended a bit earlier with everybody broken and crying, it would've made for a much stronger statement.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
66
51st
Frodo is pretty good, and for the most part so is the movie.
Rated 05 Apr 2011
90
67th
So hot.
Rated 14 Feb 2012
68
70th
Great pacing and intensity. The acting and dialog are hit and miss, the narration is a big mistake and the plot is kind of contrived, but generally it's well done for what it is.
Rated 16 Mar 2012
75
57th
I don't know if Elijah Wood will ever be able to shake the specter of his LOTR character. He probably needs to start getting into writing or producing because it is hard to take him seriously.
Rated 03 Apr 2012
60
9th
A heavy story about hooliganism that doesn't seem to even scratch the surface - not a terrible film, but bland, contrived and unconvincing.
Rated 16 May 2012
71
71st
:)
Rated 06 Jul 2012
5
0th
Really not my thing.
Rated 17 Sep 2012
80
83rd
Shocking story about fanatic football (soccer) gangs in England.
Rated 08 Jan 2013
40
34th
I liked it as a kid
Rated 12 Apr 2013
75
81st
I thought this was pretty good, for the most part. The football culture in England is really goddamn scary, and it was interesting to see into that world. It's also interesting that a film that's so much about male violence and brutality was directed by a woman. Apart from some questionable dialogue, it was a decent script too. Elijah Wood was good, but Charlie Hunnam was the standout. The violence was a bit unsettling to watch, but I'm glad it was. Yeah, I liked it.
Rated 05 Aug 2013
100
98th
Everything I could want in a film
Rated 03 Apr 2014
22
14th
Soccer is one of the weakest sports. How come it starts so many fights outside the sport.
Rated 02 Feb 2015
3
14th
Green Street moronically glorifies and glamorizes football hooliganism and ultimately this is a poor mans Football Factory. The casting of Elijah Wood can either be deemed a stroke of genius or a complete disaster. Personally I don't think his inclusion here works in the slightest and I just struggle to see past his performances as Frodo Baggins. Every time he opens his mouth I zone out of the experience. Otherwise the performances are tolerable and the brawls are mindlessly watchable.
Rated 02 Jul 2015
70
71st
A very fun film, not too deep but it gives you a perspective about hooligans using as a plot device the newcomer from abroad. If you don't know anything about hooligans is a fast track introduction to them, if you are familiar with them is probably a bit shallow. The story is simple but it works and the violence is done well.
Rated 04 Jan 2016
2
1st
Just impossible to take seriously in any way.
Rated 25 Jan 2016
38
13th
Predictable schlock with a stretch of a message about a pointless sub-culture. Yea, I died defending the name of a middle-ranked English football team with my weekend militia. Good stuff.
Rated 06 Feb 2017
65
45th
Was sort of entertaining but it felt like it was glamorizing hooliganism by the end. I like English football but I am a bloody Yank so I have no actual idea how accurate this is (or was when Hooliganism was more prominent).
Rated 24 Aug 2017
50
18th
I mean, I guess
Rated 04 Jul 2018
100
96th
Turkish football in a nutshell.
Rated 23 Apr 2020
46
41st
E.Wood was badly miscast with laughable fights. Other than that is quite ok nothing to rave about though.
Rated 09 Aug 2021
58
35th
Alexander relishes in the fight scenes. The rest is... erratic. It basically feels like any number of films about a privileged white American learning about the violent but fair foreign culture and growing as a person, except it's... British football hooliganism? Which apparently serves a purpose beyond Darwin Awards?
Rated 02 Apr 2023
30
4th
Grasping for some kind of anti-heroic nobility in a brutish, violent subculture is oh so '00s. Elijah Wood suffers from one of the worst miscastings of the decade.

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