Green Street Hooligans

Okay, so I watched this movie last night and I really really liked it. I was surprised that I enjoyed it too because when Jason brought it home and told me what it was about I thought great: another sports movie. But it is so much more than that, in fact they hardly even showed that much soccer. I was also skeptical b/c I don't usually like movies with lots of violence but like I said I really enjoyed it and this movie needs the violence to get the point across.

I was very impressed with Elijah Wood's performance, it was a break away from the fluff that he usually does. And the English actor, Charlie Hunnam, let's just say I would watch the movie just to see him, what a hottie!!! Claire Forlani is in the movie as well, and also gives a pretty good performance.

Anyway, below is a description of this movie and I hope that some of you will rent it and let me know what you think.

Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt (Elijah Wood) moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve (Marc Warren.) He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam.) 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.