Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- rowdy
- darkly comic
- volatile
- football night
- group movie night
What sets it apart
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The Bad Blue Boys travel to Belgrade for Dinamo's match and become embroiled in confrontation with rival Delije supporters.
The film is set in 1989 Yugoslavia, shortly before the region's political breakdown, and frames the supporters' violence within that atmosphere.
The 1989 setting and escalating supporter conflict foreshadow the broader collapse and violence associated with Yugoslavia's final years.
The Bad Blue Boys and Belgrade's Delije supporters meet as arch rivals, with their antagonism escalating through the city streets.
Films like ZG80, and why
The Football Factory
shared football hooliganism, volatile male camaraderie, and street-level social drama
Green Street
shared hooligan subculture, aggressive group identity, and kinetic urban confrontations
Black Cat, White Cat
shared pre-war political tension, factional rivalry, and darkly comic ensemble energy
Movie Details
- Director
- Igor Šeregi
- Release Date
- 2016-08-29
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (27)
Cast
- Rene Bitorajac
- Matija Kačan
- Marko Cindrić
- Filip Detelić
- Marko Janketić
- Domagoj Mrkonjić
- Nikola Rakočević
- Miloš Timotijević
- Igor Hamer
- Danica Maksimović
Common questions
- What is ZG80 about?
- A rowdy Dinamo Zagreb supporter expedition collides with Belgrade rivals as football loyalty mirrors the fractures of late Yugoslavia.
- What is ZG80 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of ZG80 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is ZG80 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in ZG80 as brutal.
- Which films are like ZG80?
- Films with a similar feel include The Football Factory, Green Street, and Black Cat, White Cat.
- How long is ZG80?
- ZG80 runs 90 minutes.
