
Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete. Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion ... (Full plot summary below)
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Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete. Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an 'outsider', but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) 'firm.' Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends - but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London's most fierce football rivals - Millwall and West Ham United - are set to go head to head.
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| CinemaBlend.comStefanie JackowitzAlexander creates characters that are much more three-dimensional than your classic villain. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThen 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. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Andrew WrightOnce it puts up its dukes and stops with the philosophizing, the thing intrigues. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonAlexander's techniques occasionally get a bit too fancy, but the movie has a kinetic energy and intelligence that score. |
| Bangitout.comJordan HillerHooligans truly is an ode to the punch, a love letter to the stomp, an embrace of the head butt. |
| OregonianShawn LevyIt's a handsome and spry movie, and it might even have managed to be a good one if there were even the least chance of believing that Wood, who can't weigh 145 pounds dripping wet, had the slightest chance of hurting anyone with one of his wee fists. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesAn energetic mix of Fight Club's adoration of violence and West Side Story's popularization of gang warfare. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh LarsenYou watch the movie clutched in a defensive position. |
| NetflixJames RocchiFootball-and-fighting drama shows Elijah Wood in a new light -- and marks the debut of a major talent. |
| Seattle TimesJeff ShannonThe movie forces you into primal alertness, its effectiveness enhanced by exceptional casting and escalating tension that plays on your emotions. |