Green Street Hooligans 2005 123movies

Watch: Green Street Hooligans 2005 123movies, Full Movie Online – Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve’s chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete. Initially, Pete is reluctant to get acquainted with Matt and allow him to tread around the capital city with him because he may be seen by others as an ‘outsider’, but after a heavy drinking session with him and his mates he quickly changes his opinion of him. On the way back from a football match, Matt is viciously accosted by a gang of Birmingham City thugs, until Pete and his friends step in and save him. It is from here that Matt learns the truth about Pete and his friends- they are football hooligans, operating the GSE (Green Street Elite) ‘firm.’ Initially afraid of the violence, Matt soon ends up becoming as desensitized to it as his new found friends – but as events roll on, suspicion, shocking revelations and unsettled scores combine to a devastating climax where London’s most fierce football rivals – Millwall and West Ham United – are set to go head to head..
Plot: After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister’s home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. ‘Green Street Hooligans’ is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
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	7.4/10 Votes: 151,742
	46% | RottenTomatoes
	55/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2001 Popularity: 14.686 | TMDB

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A Nutshell Review: Green Street Hooligans
You’ve seen them on television, and you’ve read about them in the news. Europe is particularly aware of folks who travel for football games amongst neighboring countries, only to have them create trouble or duke it out with the locals or one another, if the results don’t go their way.

While 2005 had a look at professional Premiership football with the movie Goal!, it’s time the cameras took a look too at the supporters of the game. Not just any plain old armchair supporters, but really passionate ones, who live, breathe and eat football, and bond together to form Firms (i.e. gangs). Similar to mafias, triads, what-have-yous, Firms thrive on reputation. The bigger the stunt, or the fight, the bigger the reputation gets spread. And it’s usually (as explained in the movie, though of course, in better light for West Ham United) the better teams having weaker Firms. I’d like that acknowledgment that Arsenal is the better footballing team, but having a terribly weak Firm, while Spurs are poor in both haha! We also learn what irks the Firms most, besides rival Firms.

Elijah Wood plays Matt Buckner, a Harvard journalism dropout for a misdemeanor he did not commit. He flies to London to meet up with his sister, and gets introduced to his brother-in-law’s brother (duh) Pete Dunham. Pete’s the head honcho of the Green Street Elite (GSE), the Firm of West Ham United, and I’d like the beginning of their budding relationship where Pete educates Matt on aspects of football (not soccer, mind you). The pot-shots at UK-US relations are hilarious, as we see Matt get introduced to the other core members of GSE. Of course him being a Yank doesn’t endear him to GSE, but they’re willing to overlook the point and give the rookie a chance to prove himself since he’s brought in by Pete.

We only have one football match to watch (ala Goal!), as the rest of the movie focuses on Matt’s transformation from wide-eyed newbie, to mean fighting machine. Elijah Wood didn’t have much of a difficult job to do, as all he did was to continuously wear that scowl on his face for the second half of the movie. And it actually degenerates into some sort of UK-football version of Fight Club, where members of rival Firms whack the living daylights out of one another to prove their point. Perhaps co-star Charlie Hunnam did a better job as Pete, ringing home his performance as a leader, and a surrogate big brother.

The plot, to me, was engaging material, though it came with some predictable subplots like betrayals. It tries to make the point that violence begets violence, but doesn’t offer any suggestions otherwise, because fanaticism in football is real and continuing issue that might seem to mar the sport. Some might deem this movie as romanticizing hooliganism, but it tried to balance those attempts by having a major character (pardon the pun) rationalize and play the devil’s advocate.

I’m not sure why we had to rename this movie locally to “Football Hooligans”. I know Green Street Hooligans might make some go Huh? But this is the internet age, where information is at the tip of your fingers, and all you have to do, is just to google it, or go visit IMDb.com (not as if I’m promoting it, but yeah, common sense). It’s one thing having movies renamed worldwide (like Danny the Dog aka Unleashed), and another having a fiasco like “The Spy Who Shioked Me”.

It’s an interesting movie, with grand themes about not letting your buddies down, and for standing firm in what you believe in. Though the premise is controversial (brutal gang fights and all), it did seem like you’re watching an updated, Caucasian remake of movies like A Better Tomorrow and Prison On Fire. Just remember to keep whatever inert tempers in check after leaving the theater.

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Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 3154346
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Sport
Director Lexi Alexander
Writer Lexi Alexander, Dougie Brimson, Josh Shelov
Actors Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards 4 wins
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory iO Film, North Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate), FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length 2,993 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)