Green Street Hooligans
by Lexi Alexander
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Actor: Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, David Alexander, Elijah Wood, Oliver AllisonDirector: Lexi Alexander
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Lexi Alexander
Producer: Alexander Buono
Producer: Bill Allan
Producer: Deborah Del Prete
Producer: Donald Zuckerman
Writer: Dougie Brimson
Writer: Josh Shelov
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Green Street Hooligans
DVD Review: Another typically false Hollywood Message
Summary: 1 Stars
Some have already gone to great lengths to (rightfully) tear apart the weakness of the script and the poor attention to detail, so I'll go for the true heart of this beast of a film, the kind of idea that appeals to emasculated suburban men who have hands that are equal in size to the majority of 14 year old girls who live outside of America and have engaged in manual labor that did not include typing or lubrication. This film promotes a dangerous lie that is saturated in American culture, one that puts many people at danger and has probably resulted in more death and invalidism than has been documented. The myth being" "If you just stand up for yourself everything will be okay." The reality couldn't be farther from the truth. Take for example Matt Buckner's (Elijah Wood) first fight. Apart from the suspension of disbelief it takes to believe that a small, effeminate man throwing punches like a teenage girl would manage to knock out a seasoned hooligan, the dangerous chronically American fantasy theme follows, upon being hit and falling to the ground, he has his religious epiphany , hey, I'm bleeding but I'm alive, wow! This is typical of Hollywood, most people receive the types of beatings on films that would kill normal men but they never sustain anything more than a bloody nose, a bruise and a limp that conveniently disappears for the next action segment.
As a result of this mythologizing there are countless men walking around with the fantasy in their head that if they just stand up for themselves they'll gain self-respect and the consequences will be slight. Wrong. I'm a 28 year old man whose dealt with pain and stiffness in one shoulder for 15 years,Tinnitus in one ear for 11 years, and a reduction in the range of motion in other joints all as a result of fighting. A friend recently died in a street fight after one punch whereby he fell and hit his head on the curb. Just imagine how someone who fought on a regular basis would feel by the time he's 40. Hollywood has completely sterilized violence, the permanent consequences of being shot, stabbed or hit. If you fight a bully in a lower class neighborhood and win or even manage to hurt him, this person will not respect you and become your buddy, chances are he will never stop coming after you and perhaps maim or kill you for damaging his reputation. This whole idea of passing a heart check only works with other men who are posturing, if you stand up to a man and he backs down then he is another you. There are many people who would cause excessive bodily harm to you for that very fact, it's prison rules, domination will always be established, if a weaker man tries to be prideful he will get doubly punished for not knowing his role.
So I give this film 1 star for perpetuating the same, tired, completely American crisis of masculinity idea that upper-middle class white kids could transform themselves into savage street thugs in a matter of months after having suffered nothing worse than slightly darker lighting for dramatic effect and a few stylishly sexual scars above the lip or across the eyebrow. We are a culture where certain parts of the population suffer from laxity in their lives and the weakness that results from a separation from suffering. Feeling this weakness, we either fight our battles via proxy (video games) or we engage in wish fulfillment whereby even the weakest among us could ape the overused hollywood redemption through transformation theme. For those who take the bait, the consequences can be terrible.
DVD Review: Awesome Movie I've seen in a few years
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a little hesitant about buying this movie because I have no knowledge of the culture behind hooliganism in places like England and other parts of europe where this part of fanaticism takes place, but I must say that this film surprised very much. I loved every minute of it and wished it lasted longer, however the only gripe I have with this movie is that one of the characters doesn't actually tell the viewer why he is backstabbing his firm. Other than that, this film I highly recommend if you can handle the pervasive language and violence. This is certainly going into my top 10. DVD Review: The Green Street LEET
Summary: 3 Stars
"Green Street Hooligans" is one of those questionable indie "masterpieces" that falls somewhere between unintentional comedy and heavy-handed drama. It opens with hooligans singing--giving the wrong impression that kick boxer Lexi Alexander intended a musical comedy. The hooligans sing and dance A LOT-even atop tables,hobbit-like--and one wonders if this is the musical version of "The Warriors."
"Green Street Hooligans" then congeals with the main plot. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is being wrongly expelled from Harvard. There are some brief,beautiful views of Boston/Cambridge--as well as Elijah's obligatory voice-over. He goes to Great Britain,to be with his sister (Claire Forlani),who doesn't resemble him one bit. Adoption, extramarital affair, or alien impregnation? You decide. Soon,he's introduced to Pete (Charlie Hunnam,FX's Sons of Anarchy) Pete introduces Matt to the exciting world of hooliganism. Pete and Matt get accused of being a gay couple-to Matt's utter blank-faced shock-but they don't end up being a real one (fanfiction writers would've scripted otherwise,believe me)There are some pointless fights,lousy editing,poorly contrived plot twists,not to mention ANOTHER voice-over from Elijah at the hour mark. An extended one. But with one benefit that makes the wait worth it--Matt loses his shirt to get the West Ham tattoo on his chest. Thus,three stars instead of two for the sheer,brief excitement of that.
"Green Street Hooligans" is incredibly contrived. There's inter-gang warfare,the "stand your ground" motto (Gandalf says the same thing in "Return of the King",really),Hunnam left having to overact as a Cockney hoolifan because Elijah is sleepwalking,blank,the whole time. That includes the fights. The music is standard rockin' fare. "Green Street Hooligans" is a combination of sloppy editing,mediocre to bad acting,and melodramatic plot. With its musical numbers,it's comparable to Mariah Carey's "Glitter",except Carey made a more coherent story. She based it on herself. On the other hand, Lexi Alexander,who got her work visa thanks to Chuck Norris, has gone on to direct the gruesome comic book epic "Punisher: War Zone." "Green Street Hooligans" is so bad--it's almost good. It's a cinematic smackdown.
DVD Review: Yobbos on Parade
Summary: 4 Stars
There's a good section in Bill Buford's book on hooliganism, Among the Thugs, were Bill is questioned by a high ranking police officer, who is curious about American football.
Police: "Is it true that a typical American football game lasts 3 hours or more, even though the actual time of the game by the clock is only 60 minutes?"
Buford: "True".
Police: "And is it also true that each fan in the stadium has his or her own seat?"
Buford: "Also true"
Police: "And is it true that there are rarely incidents of fan violence during the games?"
Buford: "Yes, it hardly ever happens, and if it does, the disturbances are quickly stopped."
The police officer simply shook his head in amazement.
In thinking about this, isn't it a bit ironic that in our violent U.S. gun culture, where thousands upon thousands of Americans are murdered with handguns each year, we have virtually no violence or deaths during any sporting events. And in England, where guns are almost impossible to obtain, fan violence and even deaths during football matches are a given.
Anyway, that's a matter for the social workers and psychologists.
This movie examines English football violence in a pretty accurate way. It's far from a great movie--it has too many cliches and it's tough for me to buy the elfin Elijah Wood has even a pretend Yank hooligan--but if you are fascinated by English football it's violent subculture, check this one out. You'll spot quite a few of England's "tough guy" actors in it, you know, a lot of the hard men who played colorful parts in the Guy Ritchie movies that were good, done so long ago.
DVD Review: GSE
Summary: 5 Stars
Best. Movie. Ever. Got it in perfect condition, definitely would do business with the dealer again.
Description of Green Street Hooligans
A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of soccer hooliganism.DVD Features:
Documentary:The Making of Hooligans
Music Video:"One Blood" Music Video by Terence Jay
After the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Elijah Wood could've opted for further big budget epics, but took a sharp left turn with this better-than-average B-movie. Released just after Everything is Illuminated, another offbeat entry, Wood plays journalism student Matt Buckner. In the prologue, he's expelled from Harvard when his over-privileged roommate sets him up to take the fall for his own misdeeds. With nowhere to go, Matt decides to visit his sister, Shannon (Claire Forlani), in London. He's already got a chip on his shoulder when he falls under the sway of Shannon's brother-in-law, Pete (Charlie Hunnam), head of West Ham's football "firm," the Green Street Elite. Matt soon gets caught up in their thuggish antics-to tragic effect. In her feature debut, German-born Lexi Alexander makes a mostly convincing case for the attractions of violence to the emotionally vulnerable, as opposed to the emotionally numb pugilists of the more satirical Fight Club. Unlike David Fincher (by way of Chuck Palahniuk), she plays it straight, except for the stylized fight sequences. Consequently, humor is in short supply, but the young Brit cast, especially Leo Gregory as the surly Bovver, is charismatic and Wood makes his character as believable as possible, i.e. he may seem miscast, but that's the point. Although there's no (direct) correlation between the two, Green Street makes a fine taster for Bill Buford's Among the Thugs, the ultimate dissection of the hooligan mentality. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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