Hooligans

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(crime, drama)

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..

actors:

David Alexander	as Nigel
Elijah Wood	as Matt Buckner
Charlie Hunnam	as Pete Dunham
Claire Forlani	as Shannon Dunham
Marc Warren	as Steve Dunham
Leo Gregory	as Bover
Henry Goodman	as Carl Buckner
Geoff Bell	as Tommy Hatcher
Andrew Blair	as Announcer
Rafe Spall	as Swill
Kieran Bew	as Ike
Brendan Charleson	as John Morris
Joel Beckett	as Terry
Ross McCall	as Dave
Christopher Hehir	as Keith

directors:
Lexi Alexander
rating:7.40

See also: Crime: Red Letters