hilarious, accidentally

Rating: 1/10 (27 April 2007)

possibly the most laughably terrible film i've ever seen (and i don't say that lightly). set in Britain yet clearly made for the (understandably) ignorant American market, green street is full of inaccuracies, embarrassingly awful dialogue ("i'm going to that wharf with you", "we could have died that day in Manchester"), and poor, poor casting. the whole thing smacks of very lazy film-making and poor research - watching this alongside a film like 'the football factory' is evidence enough: destruction in London yields the comment: "Tottenham were in town" (Tottenham are in fact from London)...'Manchester station' on a tiny little side street? knocked over red phone boxes and a battle set against the backdrop of the millennium dome? embarrassing stuff to say the least. worst of all, in fact, is (previously decent actor) Charlie Hunnam's hilariously appalling east London accent - via Manchester, Birmingham and Newcastle, it would appear. at the cinema my friends and i laughed throughout, but i don't think we were supposed to, somehow.