The turkey is a rare beast

Rating: 2/10 (13 October 2005)

True turkeys may be rare, but this is one of them. The makers of this film display a complete lack of understanding of terrace culture and football hooliganism. The script is downright silly, and what starts off as an American's "Soccer hooliganism for Dummies" ends a tragedy which show no resemblance to what's actually going on on the streets in the real world.
The whole plot is laughable, the whole angle of the wrongfully expelled Ivy League student with no history of violence turning into an adrenalin junkie overnight simply isn't plausible. Add to that a dialog that's written to explain everything about "soccer" and football hooliganism for the totally ignorant, and a set of unlikely characters and Thanksgiving's saved! Not to mention the anti-drugs agenda which looks just a little bit out of place considering the topic. Firms like the fictional "Green Street Elite" LOVE their coke, make no mistake about it!
I'll give it a 2 because they at least got the clothes right, plus the fight scenes (apart from the last one) are really good. Other than that, watch Football Factory instead. It's not a great film, but a lot more fun and at least the people who made it know a little about football hooliganism.