Austin Movie Show LOVES this movie!

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2005)

There's a reason why this fiercely brutal heart-stopper won both the Audience and Jury Awards for Best Narrative at the South By Southwest Film Festival this past March. Green Street Hooligans simply kicks a**. My true love, Elijah Wood, stars as Matt Buckner, a wrongfully expelled Harvard student who moves to London and gets involved with a gang of hardcore soccer fans ("hooligans") who teach him to stand his ground and kick the crap out of anyone who gets in his way. This is a side of Frodo you've never seen before. Without preaching or moralizing, German writer/director Lexi Alexander illustrates the sense of honor and family that attracts people to these gangs, but she doesn't hesitate to reveal the violence, destruction, and death that comes along with the territory. If you love Elijah, if you love England, or if you just love movies that give you a punch in the gut and the adrenaline ride of your life, you will love Green Street Hooligans.