A few years ago, there was a wave of movies coming out of the U.K. that focused on the football hooligan phenomenon (ie. organized gangs of soccer fans who beat the living crap out of rival supporters). I’ve seen two of these flicks: The Football Factory and Green Street Hooligans, the latter of which I preferred despite the fact that it is somewhat Americanized (it does star Elijah Wood after all). I know some people had problems with the authenticity of Green Street Hooligans, but something tells me that these people are going to have an even harder time accepting the sequel Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground.
Director Lexi Alexander is not involved, nor are Elijah Wood or most of the other cast members. I believe the only returning actor is Ross McCall, whose character Dave is among those thrown in jail after being caught in the first film. In prison, the rivalry between opposing clubs continues, and eventually leads to a brutal football match-up between prisoners to settle their differences. Richard at Filmstalker is dead on in comparing this to Death Race. It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the reality of hooliganism, and the fact that it is focuses primarily on showing actual scenes of firm members playing soccer is further proof as to just how false this movie truly is! Check out the trailer for Green Street 2 below and see what you think.
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