In Hooligans (2005), sometimes known as Green Street Hooligans Elijah Woods plays Matt Buckner, an Harvard undergrad who is wrongfully expelled and moves to London where he is thrown right into the deep end: british football hooliganism.
Being a fan of english football and british culture I was instantly intrigued by this movie. I'm not all that familiar with Elijah Woods all though I of course know of and admire his work from Lord of the Rings. Being the main character of this story I found his character pretty good and interesting but the best character in this movie is Pete Dunham played by Charlie Hunnam. I like a lot of Hunnams older work and I think he is absolutely brilliant and superb in this role. I also think his character is very good. I think there is a lot of depth to him and in general I just like the actor and the character.
When it comes to the plot I definitely think this movie is a movie of two halves. I liked the first half a lot. It had some violence but it never got too dark and it was really comedic however in the second half I think the movie took a downwards turn. The movie got a lot more violent and a lot of darker which I didn't appreciate and I didn't like it.
Overall I liked a lot about this movie. It was comedic, exciting and enjoyable but the achilles' heel of Hooligans is its dark and violent second half that really leaves a sour taste in the mouth when the end credits roll.
Being a fan of english football and british culture I was instantly intrigued by this movie. I'm not all that familiar with Elijah Woods all though I of course know of and admire his work from Lord of the Rings. Being the main character of this story I found his character pretty good and interesting but the best character in this movie is Pete Dunham played by Charlie Hunnam. I like a lot of Hunnams older work and I think he is absolutely brilliant and superb in this role. I also think his character is very good. I think there is a lot of depth to him and in general I just like the actor and the character.
When it comes to the plot I definitely think this movie is a movie of two halves. I liked the first half a lot. It had some violence but it never got too dark and it was really comedic however in the second half I think the movie took a downwards turn. The movie got a lot more violent and a lot of darker which I didn't appreciate and I didn't like it.
Overall I liked a lot about this movie. It was comedic, exciting and enjoyable but the achilles' heel of Hooligans is its dark and violent second half that really leaves a sour taste in the mouth when the end credits roll.