Green Street Hooligans (2005)
Directed by Lexi Alexander
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
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Director Lexi Alexander, who herself once belonged to a football firm, recasts the cult of male violence (the same one romanticized in Fight Club and denigrated in A Clockwork Orange ) in a documentary-like study of warrior-class group dynamics.
This is "Fight Club" without any of those pesky rules.
On the acting front, there's a lot to like about Green Street Hooligans, from Wood's gamely physical performance to lead goon Charlie Hunnam's amazing duplication of Brad Pitt in Fight Club, right down to the smallest facial tics.
And it's not the only ludicrous thing about this overwrought and obvious "Fight Club" knock-off.
Director Lexi Alexander, who herself once belonged to a football firm, recasts the cult of male violence (the same one romanticized in Fight Club and denigrated in A Clockwork Orange ) in a documentary-like study of warrior-class group dynamics.
At least Hunnam ("Nicholas Nickleby") shaved his head and wears bulky jackets to cover up his slight frame, and his performance does have a certain prickly edge to it.