Friday, October 14, 2005
Green Street Hooligans
This is a classic fish-out-of-water story as Frodo meets “The Gangs of New York” in the land of “Shaun of the Dead” where the accents are very thick. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is a Harvard journalism student unjustly expelled just 2 months before graduation. He escapes to London on a visit to his sister and gets caught up in the mob mentality of some brutal British soccer fans. His new buddies are members of the GSE (Green Street Elite) “firm” and their team is the West Ham United. The movie shows the group’s camaraderie and loyalty. The film is powerful and very violent. Sometimes, life’s valuable lessons can’t be learned just in school.
Alien gives it 3 ½ “brick-tossing/club-swinging/head-butting” stars out of 4.
This is a classic fish-out-of-water story as Frodo meets “The Gangs of New York” in the land of “Shaun of the Dead” where the accents are very thick. Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is a Harvard journalism student unjustly expelled just 2 months before graduation. He escapes to London on a visit to his sister and gets caught up in the mob mentality of some brutal British soccer fans. His new buddies are members of the GSE (Green Street Elite) “firm” and their team is the West Ham United. The movie shows the group’s camaraderie and loyalty. The film is powerful and very violent. Sometimes, life’s valuable lessons can’t be learned just in school.
Alien gives it 3 ½ “brick-tossing/club-swinging/head-butting” stars out of 4.
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