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Shannon to escape, distracts Tommy by goading him, saying to him that Tommy is to blame for his son's death by having failed to protect him. This eventually enrages Tommy, who angrily tackles Pete to the ground and violently beats him to death out of rage in front of both the GSE and NGO while Matt and Shannon escape. Witnessing this, the two firms stop fighting as they gather around Pete's bloodied and battered corpse in shock while Bovver, who had observed Tommy killing Pete, grieves over his dead friend.
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fans, but Matt decides that it is not for him and heads to the train home. On his way back, Matt is attacked by three Birmingham fans, but is rescued by some GSE members. Though grossly outnumbered, the GSE manage to fight off the Birmingham firm until reinforcements chase them off. Matt does well in
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Matt meets Pete's friends and his firm in The Abbey, their local pub, and they befriend Matt, with the exception of Pete's stubborn right-hand man and assistant Bovver, who takes an immediate dislike to Matt. A few pints in, they head to the match. Afterwards, Pete, Bovver, and the other firm members
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is discovered in his room. Though it belongs to his roommate Jeremy, Matt is afraid to speak up because Jeremy comes from a powerful family and is offered $ 10,000 for taking the blame. Matt reluctantly accepts the money and uses it to visit his sister Shannon, her husband Steve and their son Ben in
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the next day for a final violent battle. Matt and Bovver show up to fight for the GSE, but Shannon turns up with Ben and is subsequently attacked in her car by Tommy's right-hand man, only for Matt and Bovver to save her. Pete notices that Tommy is approaching the car and in order to allow Matt and
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firm of Steve's presence, who crash the Abbey and petrol-bomb the pub. Tommy confronts, fights and mortally wounds Steve by stabbing him in the neck with a broken bottle, telling him that if he dies tonight, then they are both even. Bovver, who had been knocked unconscious by Tommy's right-hand man
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said while it is "full of exciting and immediate camerawork, visceral bone-crunching thrills and stout performances", it is also "saddled with a predictable storyline and such feckless dialogue that you can't help but view the whole thing as an exercise in stupidity". Lead star Hunnam's attempted
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Matt returns home to the United States and confronts the now wealthy and successful Jeremy in a restaurant, who is snorting cocaine. Jeremy admits to being the cocaine stash's owner and, as he is about to leave, Matt pulls out a tape recorder. Horrified that Matt has declared his confession as a
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There, Matt meets Steve's younger brother Pete, a school teacher and football coach who leads the local football hooligan firm – Green Street Elite (GSE). Steve asks Pete to take Matt to a football match. Though Pete is reluctant to take a
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upon arriving earlier, helps get Steve to the hospital, where Pete furiously berates Bovver for his betrayal. Shannon decides to return to the United States to ensure the safety of her family.
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Jealous of Matt's rise in the ranks, Bovver talks to Tommy Hatcher, the head of GSE's rival firm, the NGO. After one of the members of the GSE sees Matt meeting his father, a journalist for
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as Steven 'Steve' Dunham, nicknamed "The Major": a successful businessman and founder of the GSE who led the firm in 1990s before retiring, now living with his wife Shannon and son Ben.
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has an approval rating of 46% based on 65 reviews, with an average of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "When it comes to the subculture of soccer thugs,
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as Peter 'Pete' Dunham: a primary school teacher of history and physical education who runs West Ham's firm the Green Street Elite, and is Steve's younger brother.
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as Carl Buckner: a world renowned journalist who is Matt and Shannon's father, Steve's father-in-law and Ben's grandfather.
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as Terry: a retired GSE member who runs the Bridgett Abbey pub on Walsh Road, and Steve's former right-hand man.
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as Jeremy Van Holden: a cocaine addict and dealer, son of a senator, currently studying at Harvard University.
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James Allison and Oliver Allison as Benjamin "Ben" Dunham: son of Shannon and Steve, and Matt's nephew.
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in March 2009. The film does not star most of the main cast of the first film but rather focuses on
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match, he decides to take Matt to the game, thinking he might "learn something."
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Matt Buckner, an American college student studying journalism, is expelled from
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for a direct sequel to the original film, under the title ‘Green Street 2.0’.
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Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie. Other nominated films were
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Two sequels followed in the form of direct-to-video releases. The first,
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as Matthew 'Matt' Buckner, nicknamed "The Yank": a 20-year-old American
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his first true fight, is inducted into the GSE, and moves in with Pete.
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The name of the firm in the film, the Green Street Elite, refers to
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Buckner): Matt's older sister, married to Steve and mother of Ben.
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was located. West Ham is supported by one of Britain's notorious
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as Dave Bjorno: a commercial airline pilot and member of the GSE.
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was derided by many critics as the worst in film history.
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as Bovver: a member of the GSE and Pete's right-hand man.
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lacks sufficient insight, and instead comes off as a
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as Tommy Hatcher: leader of Millwall's firm the NGO.
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Index

Hooligans (film)
Greek Street (film)

Lexi Alexander
Dougie Brimson
Deborah Del Prete
Elijah Wood
Charlie Hunnam
Claire Forlani
Marc Warren
Leo Gregory
Christopher Franke
OddLot Entertainment
Universal Pictures
Freestyle Releasing
crime drama
football hooliganism in the United Kingdom
Lexi Alexander
Elijah Wood
Charlie Hunnam
Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground
Green Street 3: Never Back Down
Harvard University
cocaine
London
Yank
football
Birmingham City
Manchester United
Manchester

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