GREEN STREET (UK)
aka GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS (USA)

Year: 2005
USA: Odd Lot Entertainment
UK: UIP (UK)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Leo Gregory, Marc Warren, Henry Goodman, Geoff Bell, Rafe Spall, Kieran Bew, Ross McCall, Francis Pope, Christopher Hehir
Director: Lexi Alexander
Countries: USA / UK
USA & UK: 110 mins
USA Rated: R for brutal violence, pervasive language and some drug use
UK Certificate: 18 contains very strong language and strong violence
USA Release Date: 9 September 2005 (Limited Release - New York, Los Angeles and Chicago)
UK Release Date: 9 September 2005

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Synopsis

Journalism student Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) has been expelled from Harvard for a crime he didn't commit. His promising career ended and his future looking bleak, he heads to London to seek refuge with his married sister Shannon (Claire Forlani) and her husband Steve (Marc Warren).

Steve introduces Matt to his younger brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam) and through their friendship Matt enters the world of football hooliganism and the secrecy and intrigue of the football firm.

Pete Dunham and his close knit group of friends make up the Green Street Elite (GSE), a hard core group of West Ham United supporters - and one of the toughest London football firms. All the football clubs have a firm and they all have one aim - to be the most feared and respected mob in the country - no matter what it takes. As Pete explains 'West Ham's football is mediocre, but our firm's top notch and everyone knows it... it's really about reputation - humiliating the other mob by beating them in a row or doing things that other firms get to hear about.' Matt is not only drawn into the sheer excitement of the game of football itself, but also the brotherhood and loyalty of life inside the GSE.

But Matt has not been entirely honest with the truth about his past life and not every member of the firm considers him a 'brother'. Bovver (Leo Gregory), resents the presence of the outsider and his own apparent demotion within the ranks of the GSE. His continuing distrust and dislike of Matt creates a powder keg of jealousy and emotion that's just searching for an opportunity to ignite.

When Bovver discovers hidden information about Matt it sets off a devastating chain of events that tests friendship, loyalty and honour. Tragic consequences force Matt to acknowledge the true cost of his new life and re-evaluate his future.