"Football Hooligans", not only for football

Amara 2022-03-23 09:01:45

Violence, gambling, bars, streets, these have long been part of the football subculture. This movie does exactly that.
A Harvard student, framed by his roommate, expelled and has to travel to England to find his sister. The brother-in-law's younger brother is a football hooligan, and the elder sister doesn't want the good boy to have anything to do with him. However, the disobedient younger brother went to the football game with him and became a football hooligan.
We all know that the uncivilized nature of British fans is globally recognized, so they have also become the material for many movies. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is undoubtedly a group of local hooligans: making trouble in the West Ham United game, fighting in groups, and even risking their lives. However, they are loyal and affectionate, and betrayal is unforgivable.
In the film, when people know that he is a journalism student at Harvard University, they all think that he is sent by the media to visit them unannounced to deal with them. His initial leader gave him credit and warned him not to have anything to do with the media. The different soils of American culture and British culture gave birth to different national movements. When he saw the kids playing so well, he thought they were from a professional team, but they weren't. Football makes England crazy.
In this film, the most memorable sentence for me was said by his brother-in-law: the best reputation you can have is about your family. Love, let him stay away from violence and return to a normal life trajectory; family, let him learn responsibility and stop being reckless. Football is only a part of life and should not be a burden to life.
In the end, a large-scale conflict resulted in a heavy price for both sides. Fanaticism, to be in moderation.

View more about Green Street Hooligans reviews

Extended Reading
  • Alex 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    After watching it for 20 minutes without reading it, someone like me, who has no research on British accents, can tell that Charlie's cockney accent is not right. A check found that he was originally a Geordie accent, and then moved to Hollywood to become an American accent. In this film, he insisted on learning the cockney ruffian's accent and then learned the Australian accent, sigh

  • Margret 2022-04-23 07:01:48

    The filming is okay, the rhythm is good, the plot is like a TVB drama. ......

Green Street Hooligans quotes

  • Pete Dunham: TOMMY! Don't you wanna finish me off then?

    Tommy Hatcher: You're already finished little Petey! The NTO will take care of you in a minute you mug!

    Pete Dunham: We didn't kill your son Tommy! YOU DID! You should have protected him mate! He was your son!

    Tommy Hatcher: Don't you talk about my fuckin son! DON'T TALK ABOUT MY FUCKIN SON!

  • Pete Dunham: Alright, look. We're sort of goin' into my place of business, right? Shut up until you're spoken to and you might have a better run at things. The only thing regarded worse than a Yank around here are coppers and journalists.

    Matt Buckner: What d'you got against journalists?

    Pete Dunham: How long have you got? They're lying fucking scum who'll write anything just to fill papers.