The Hooligan
The Hooligan
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The Hooligan

6.9
Yr 2025
Status Ended
Your Verdict
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Series Brief

Overview

When his father is released from prison, 17-year-old Kuba finds it difficult not to follow in his hooligan footsteps. After all, football is family.

Critical Reception

What critics are saying

Score 42 /100

Critical reception for The Hooligan leans negative to mixed, with reviewers divided on its pacing and thematic execution. While some critics appreciated the show's dark, unflinching look at toxic subcultures and commended its shocking narrative turns, others felt the drama became overly self-serious and dull over the course of its run.

Technically, the series received criticism for jarring editing and a lack of narrative depth, with harsher assessments dismissing it as empty and poorly constructed. However, strong performances across the ensemble cast were highlighted as a saving grace that helped anchor the bleak and heavy storyline.

“The predictability is a red herring, and the rest of the episodes are horrifying surprises.”

“The great performances from the whole cast of The Hooligan were what kept me from totally turning my back on the show.”

“The issue is not that this series contains shallow, empty characters; the problem lies in the fact that the series is dumb and empty itself.”

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Why fans love it

Football fandom cuts deeper than weekend matches in The Hooligan. The 2025 crime drama centers on seventeen-year-old Kuba, whose world destabilizes the moment his father steps out of prison. With his father back on the street, the pull toward the local hooligan culture becomes nearly impossible to dodge. The pitch is never just about sport here; it is an inheritance, where devotion to the team and devotion to blood blur into the exact same obligation.

Audiences gravitate to the sharp friction between personal agency and family legacy. Featuring Grzegorz Palkowski among the cast, the narrative explores how quickly generational cycles can swallow someone whole. Instead of treating the subculture as mere background noise, the series frames football hooliganism as an inescapable domestic trap, showing how hard it is for a teenager to choose a different path when the people raising him demand complete loyalty to the fight.

Featured Players

Cast

Credited 40
Regulars 3
Longest run 3 eps
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Production Board

Crew

Producer
Casting Assistant
Camera Operator
Director of Photography
Second Unit Director of Photography
Signal Match

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Keyword Cloud

Keywords

football (soccer)
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Details

First Aired
January 29, 2025
Status
Ended
Origin
PL
TMDB Votes
39