Green Street (Hooligans) (DVD)

Green Street is a film about football violence and the West Ham Firm called the GSE (Green Street Elite) its about a guy called Matt from America, He moved to London after being kicked out of one of the best university's in America Harvard, For drug dealing but he was innocent. Not long after he got to London he met his sister and went back to her house for a bit, and met her husband and baby. Her husband has a brother called Pete this is the man that got Matt involved in the football violence. Because Matt's sister's husband made Pete take Matt to a football game because he was taking his wife out that night. Pete agreed to take Matt but on the way he tried to make Matt ...  Read the complete review

Green Street Hooligans was directed and co-written by german director Lexi Alexander. I never heard of her before this film but I definitely have to give credit where it's due and there's no exception here. Alexander has done a great job in producing an insightful and interesting piece on the real life 'firms', not gangs, that involve themselves in football hooliganism. The story focuses on Matt Bruckner (Elijah Wood) an American student who has just been kicked out of Havard and comes to England to stay with his sister (played by Claire Forlani) and her husband Steve (Marc Warren). On arrival Matt meets Steve's brother Pete and later gets invloved with his firm who ...  Read the complete review

'Green Street' is the 2005 film from director Lexi Alexander. It focuses on football hooliganism, and in particular the fictitious West Ham football firm of the Green Street Elite. The film is Lexi Alexander's first full length feature film as director and is one of which she is also the executive producer and writer of the screenplay. As a keen follower of football I was eager to see what she had to offer with 'Green Street' and as soon as it was released in 2005 I was quickly off to view it. As the film begins young Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood) is wrongly expelled from Harvard university and not knowing what else to do he makes his way off to London to visit ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Green Street revolves around Matt Buckner (Elijah Wood), a Harvard University student who is kicked out of the University are some cocaine residue is found in his accomodation. However, it actually belongs to his wealthy douche roommate Jeremy Van Holden (Terence Jay), who cannot be found responsible due to his powerful and wealthy family who contribute to the University. Matt is paid off to compensate, and heads off to Britain to spend some time at the home of his sister Shannon (Claire Forlani) and her husband Steve Dunham (Marc Warren), who have just recently had a child. However, when ...  Read the complete review

~~~Green Street aka Hooligans~~~ Kicked out of Harvard for a drug crime he did not commit, Matt Buckner leaves America and heads to London to stay with his sister Shannon and her husband British husband Steve. Matt's unexpected arrival means he is left to enjoy a British football match with Pete, Steve's chirpy and cocky younger brother. But what starts as an innocent day out with the boys leads him into the violent underworld of football hooliganism. As new friendships are formed and old ones are put to the test, a welcome match between London's fierce football rivals West Ham United and Millwall leads to a devastating showdown that will ...  Read the complete review