An American view of hooligans

Rating: 6/10 (12 March 2009)

First of all i have to recognize that they made a good effort, it's not a bad movie but i don't think they captured the real feeling of hooligans, for my taste it had a lot of American details like: the "secret past" dude (the grown up guy happens to be the retired major), the happy ending (the Yank learns to be strong, grows some testicles, kicks some ass and leaves singing a West Ham United song: I LEARNED A LOT, I'M STRONGER...you know, you've seen it time and time again), too me those superational details are the American details you might find in almost all of Hollywood big hits. And about the cast it's just very complicated to me to see Elijah Wood being brave and intimidating ANYONE else, the dialogs are just a little to cliché (sorry, i also hate the word cliché, but i couldn't find a better word) to me, like the way the British talk about Americans: "We saved your life in World War II", "You Americans don't know about football". Now, don't get me wrong, it's not a bad movie, it also has a good story, but the American details (that they might added to get some audience and to "not promote violence) end up by stealing a little of the English essence of being a hooligan, but that's just my opinion, anyway, watch it, but i wouldn't buy it.