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Lets get one thing straight. This film does not deserve the scrutiny that it has undergone from many people.

I feel the main problem is the name, Green Street 2. If this film were not a 2nd Green Street i feel the reviews would be more positive. The storyline is not bad and i actually quite approve of it. The characters are very approachable and although it is a bit disappointing that only one Green Street original is in it, you find your self feeling pity on some and hating the guts of others. The violence is in abundance but i don't actually feel it is too much. Yes it makes you cringe but film such as SAW contain much more gore than this film.

In summary its not a great film, lets clear that up, but it is equally not as bad as people suggest. An acceptable film that offers nothing special but is not at all badly made. 6/10

Did you enjoy "Green Street Hooligans"? If you do, please don't waste your time on this. The "sequel" barely has anything to do with the original events, and on top of that it's just really poorly written and downright dumb. Usually I enjoy talking about things like acting, plot, cinematography, pacing and direction in reviews, but I'm not even going to bother here. I just want to say one thing about this movie: it's set in a prison, and our protagonists get out by winning a football game. If that doesn't strike you as the most retarded storyline in the history of filmmaking, go ahead and watch this movie. If it does, I'm pretty sure I've given you all the information you need. Oh, and the acting, plot, cinematography, pacing and direction probably suck as well, I was too dumbfounded to notice.

Despite a few Dick Van Dyke cockney accents and one or two unintentional comedy moments, the first green street was a generally enjoyable film. Green street 2 on the other hand was just plain awful, for starters the whole film is set in what seems to be an American prison, this combined with acting that made the original look like Shakespeare I found myself wondering why I was still watching. The director tries to make up for this pathetic attempt at a plot with lots of mindless and pointless violence, don't get me wrong I'm certainly not oppose to a good punch up, this was mainly why I enjoyed the original there were some fantastic fight scenes that basically made the film, but no amount of hooligan action could save this tripe. I'm sure like me many will watch this because of the original, and I'm sure like me they will be left shaking their heads right up until the pointless football match finale.

Where to begin, this is wrong wrong wrong. I'm not sure i can put in words how bad this film is. Firstly the setting, this film is filmed entirely on location in the city of Whittier, CA USA. However since the subject matter is related to 2 London, England football clubs. West Ham and Millwall. The setting and scenes take away from the points of the movie. The violence appears at times to be violent for violence sake. The plot line is unrealistic, especially the scenes relating to the football game. Overall a complete shambles and disappointment. I assume this straight to DVD film is made for an American audience. However i feel if someone wants to watch a football in prison film, may i suggest Mean Machine with Vinnie Jones which looks Oscar winning compared to this awful awful film. A great way to fleece the public in a credit crunch, riding on the back of its more watchable and enjoyable prequel. Avoid at all costs!!!!!!!!

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

Following a 'can't back down' confrontation with his rival Millwall supporters, Dave (Ross McCall) and his gang are transferred to a tougher prison with a harsher regime, where they are pitted against the brutal Big Marc (Graham McTavish) and his blood thirsty section of the Millwall firm who are determined to make their lives hell.

I'm not going to start blaming Green Street 2 for problems in society, and am the most liberal minded when it comes to censorship, but this soulless straight to DVD sequel to the only average cinematic film is as base as it can get, with the minimal, simplistic story revolving around twisted thugs dishing out sickening, blood soaked hand to hand violence to each other. Since each side is as morally and humanistically dead as each other, it's tough to really see either side coming off as the good guys in the tacked on 'happy' ending that feels as flat and insincere as the plot has been so far up in the film.

Another objection is the lack of conviction. It's supposedly set in a tough English prison, yet the inside and (especially) the outside resemble more of an American one, making it pretty obvious it was filmed for a yank audience, along with the actors putting on unconvincing London accents when they're really Scottish, northern or even American themselves. As the lead star, McCall carries things along with enough (fake) cockney charm whilst getting convincing (given the nature of the film) support from Luke Massy and Nick Holender and McTavish certainly has presence as the villain, but the material is so weak none of them can shine. One fun thing you can do is play Spot the Character Actor, including 'Digital Man' Matthias Hues in literally a walk on part and even Bennett (from Commando) himself Vernon Wells (now really fat) as the prison governor, but the overall feeling you're left with is why the studios keep making these meaningless, cheap looking straight to DVD sequels in the first place and what drives anyone to want to watch them. *

:)) it's good to just watch a easy movie with great violence, especially if u're mad about fight club as I am

I mean, movies like this make great movies great, and if u're open- minded and mad enough and especially don't have expectations, this will satisfy you :)

The soundtrack is great, and the acting is pretty good, it impressed me, I was like F**K YEAH ! I WANNA FIGHT :))

I especially liked the nose-biting scene and the gore in their voices :))

Like f**king hell man, enjoy everything! Someone who fully understands and enjoys movies like Donnie Darko or the city of lost children ( most recent ones ) can enjoy this one to :)) !

Cheers mates ! \m/

I highly recommend anyone who doesn't value their own life to watch this awful garbage. Just 15 minutes of this movie(and i dislike using the word) for this tripe will make you appreciate much more interesting things to do like watching paint dry, or letting the wife make you decorate! Seriously the setting was wrong, it was filmed in an American juvenile prison or something and the whole feeling and atmosphere to the fillm was thrown out and just seemed insincere. Despite a couple of good solid performances by a couple of the cast, acting and scripting on the whole was very poor, and i feel sorry for the actors who tried to save the film with their actual talent because it just isn't enough.

All in all as a fan of the original green street and all movies of this genre this really is one piece of crap to avoid!

I read the reviews before watching the film as I'm sure most do and they were below average at best, so I went in with extremely low expectations. I loved Green Street and I was excited to watch the sequel, upsetting it may be that only one member of the original Green Street cast survived into the sequel, it was still a very good film. The storyline is really gripping, making you fall in love with some characters and resenting others, if you are a fan of violence and cockney accents this film is perfect for you. Overall this film was very good, some characters could have been designated better actors but it was good nonetheless.

this is actually a nice sequel although it doesn't have something to do with the original story. at least, i didn't notice a connection. obviously this is low budget and for the budget it looks sweet. the directing is quite good in some places. for example there's one certain amazing fight scene which was very violent and felt so real. jesse johnson showed that he can direct his actors. there are also some songs of the soundtrack which are really cool but IMO there could have been a bit more use of score in the movie. i guess that is just my taste. my favorite acting performance in this movie comes from graham mctavish (john rambo). he was a damn cool bad ass in this one. his performance is outstanding and helped the movie a lot. i liked this movie for what it was and i would recommend this one to all hooligan and prison movie fans.

I picked this DVD up in error thinking it was Green Street Hooligans 1 which I have yet to see. Strangely, as an English soccer fan, I did enjoy this movie and I could relate to the topic covered in the movie which was at times entertaining but this was really 'too much in your face' for me and too British for the British desire to show how violent football hooligans could or should be.

Whats the meaning of Green Street in the context of the movie? We never saw any football in the movie at all except the deciding prison game at the end of the movie. A toned down version would have been better as a TV drama rather than a movie, the female prison warden (and the male one for that) would have been suitable for the English drama 'Bad Girls' This is a bad film and completely unsuitable for cinema viewing. Overall I am disappointed because there is little if anything to commend about the movie and why a pretty lady like the one in the movie would ever want to be a man like that is beyond me? Pass!

I have seen some poorly made films in my time but this has to be in the all time hall of shame. The americanised attempt at portraying prison life and true football hooliganism is an absolute joke. Not only is the story so unrealistic that you have to pretend its something other than what it is trying to be, but the acting is so forced and predictable its sickening. I gave it a go as it was on Sky so nothing to lose. I gave it 45 minutes although I could see what is was going to be like after 10 minutes. After 45 minutes if I hadnt of turned it off Id have kicked my flat screen in. No one falls for these pathetic actors trying to look hard when they're nothing more than babyfaced b movie wannabe's.

Anyway, unless you're between the ages of 12 and 15, avoid like the plague

Well hand on heart this could be the worst film i have ever witnessed. Let's be straight here. 1 - I am an avid lover of football. 2 - I'm not prudish and a nor am i disgusted at a set to do on match day. Violence doesn't turn my stomach at all.

Yet this film is truly disgraceful, there are much 'worse' scenes than its predecessor but the plot & acting beggars belief. My missus loved the original to the point of watching it over and over again. I think she was as shocked as i was just how farcical this was. I had wondered how i'd missed this on the big screen, maybe it was DVD release only but only learnt of it yesterday so i hurriedly made my way to our nearest store with a little bit of excitement if i may say so. We did rather well to sit through this to its conclusion and if my Sky HD box wasn't faulty (to be serviced tomorrow am) it would have gone off at the most 25 minutes in. Save your money. Absolutely abysmal.

So to conclude a 3/10 is actually rather higher than it merits. I gave it a more credible rating due to some fair graphic fisticuffs etc. Otherwise a 1/10 would have more suitable.

Are you looking at a masterpiece you will remember for years to come? No. Are you looking at Oscar winning acting? Certainly not. Are you looking for a B-movie on a Saturday night with a couple of beers and a boll of chips? Ah yes? Then this movie is for you. Its nothing spectacular in term of script of acting, even the french dubbed version(i am in Quebec) is surely not one of the best i heard, but yet its a good action movie, it does incorporate some stuff from the previous movie, enough to convince us its a sequel. I wish the 2 main guys where showed in the first movie, cause except Dave and Big Marc(who, as a different actor, had a small role in the first movie) they are not characters from the original. But still there was tons of supporters in the first movie will small parts, so you can say its 2 of them. The whole violence in the movie seem pretty real, with blood, and the fights are not spectacular in the sense of a martial arts movie, but they are convincing as real beat downs. And I'm sorry i never been to jail, either in America or UK, so i can't make a difference between a USA or UK prison... That was my second watching of that movie today, first being one year ago before i saw number 1(not released in french DVD, had to buy the English version) and this one right after i saw number 1, and i say i enjoyed the movie as much as the last time. I own the DVD, so i will certainly re watch it in the future. This is clearly not a bad movie as the other review try to convince people it is.

"Green Street Hooligans 2" is a Drama - Sport movie and the sequel of "Green Street Hooligans", in which we watch a new set of characters and a different setting, with a storyline revolving around a group of young American inmates who form their own football firm while locked up in a British prison.

Since I had already watched the first movie I had high expectations from this sequel but I was a bit let down by it. While it had some fresh potential, the movie struggled to match the energy and emotional depth of the original. The interpretation of Ross McCall who played as Stu was good and did his best to reach the original's iconic interpretations, but it wasn't enough. The prison setting offered some interesting dynamics, but it also limited the story's scope compared to the wider world of football hooliganism seen in the original. All in all, I have to say that "Green Street Hooligans 2" is a decent movie and presents themes of loyalty, violence, and brotherhood, but it often feels predictable and I believe that it's not as good as the first movie.

I have no problem with violent movies, but they do need a story. This is lacking in the story department. It is also not as violent as FREIGHT which I have just seen a rough cut of, but that has a story and keeps you gripped. I know I am not alone in this remark. We watched as a crowd, . Before the end of the movie about half had left and one was asleep, and that was not because of the violence. The performances are not good and the story is thin. Also it is a bit of a trick as the actress is not the famous singer by the same name. If you get a chance to see a test screening of Freight I would jump on that. That is worth a watch. I guess Green Street must be making money, because this is a sequel, but maybe they are taking the money and not putting it into the production because it didn't look like there was money spent which I think is a bit of a con

loads of people are hating on this movie for some reasons but i loved it.

it wasn't as good as #1 but it was still great and kept me entertained.

it didn't have a deep storyline but if you payed attention it was related to the 1st one which is where the story came from. this film is more so for people that just want to watch a fun movie rather then Shakespeare if you know what i mean.

plenty of violence swearing and things that you watch an 18+ film to see.

well worth the watch and if you don't like it then don't rate it as low as you can, besides if it is only as bad as 1/10 then how could it have such intense scenes.

i was having an out of the blue "football hooligan film marathon" and came across the first green street film which, although ridiculous at times, was reasonably enjoyable. this, however, was dreadful. i won't spoil anything for those of you who may want to give it a shot, but it truly was a terrible film with a lazy plot. i feel as if the director had a lot of plans for this sequel but, considering only one original cast member returned, they had to scrap everything and go for the second option which was basically just violence for the sake of violence as most of the earlier reviews have mentioned. don't get me wrong, i enjoy a bit of action as much as the next person which is exactly why i watched the first green street and a few other hooligan films, but this was so bad. another thing which "annoyed" me, i guess you could say, was the fact that it was set in what appeared to be an American prison, despite the fact that green street was set in Britain. in my opinion (and everyone else who has written a review it seems) it isn't worth wasting your time watching this - i only lasted about ten or fifteen minutes before switching off - but each to their own, i guess.

The first Green Street film was far from perfect but overall I found it a decent watch. Although I was wondering how a sequel could take place after the finish to the previous film, I was eager to see how the people involved with the film managed to achieve what was surely a difficult project.

I could not watch the whole film. One of the background characters from the firm took up the role as the central character it seemed and being that his only role in the first film was the very occasional minor gag, him being promoted into such a significant role in the film was a ridiculous decision. This is not a mark against the actor himself but of the character he was portraying.

In truth, this film was dull as it was more or less characters that had little or no role in the last film acting as the main group which simply did not work whatsoever. I could not even watch it until the end, that is how bad I feel it was

I enjoyed the first film ;it was different. This is awful filmed in the US clearly, it is just daft. For some reason my Mrs loves it, Goldblade have a couple of songs played but still don't understand why.