Green Street Hooligans

A character in Lexi Alexander's Green Street Hooligans makes a passing
remark about midway through this brutal, gritty drama as to how aware Americans
are of English football fans: "You only hear about us in the riots, right?" The
world of rabid football (don't dare call it soccer) fans serves as the
compelling tableau for this subtly powerful drama Elijah Wood demonstrates range
and a ferocity in one of his first post-Lord of the Rings roles as
wronged former Harvard student Matt Buckner, a Yank abroad in London, who finds
himself sucked into the bloody, contentious world of football firms (gangs).

Green Street Hooligans (originally titled Hooligans in the UK
and elsewhere) feels like a fusion of Fight Club, Any Given Sunday
and a more adult version of The Outsiders Matt's sister Shannon (Claire
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