Green Street Hooligans (2005)

The Plot
Matt is kicked out of Harvard for a false drug related crime and he comes to East London to live at his sister's. He is introduced to the culture of football gangs. West Ham United is the club that he is exposed to, thanks to Pete the gang leader and Steve's brother. Steve is Matt's sister Shannon's husband. GSE is what the firm or gang is called.

Matt is particularly hated by Bower,a GSE member for being a Yank and he is also thought of as an under-cover journo when all that he did was maintain a daily journal as part of being a journalism student. But, Pete is very close to Matt and the other members also see him as one of their own.

West Ham have a bitter rivalry with Milwall and the respective gang leaders have a personal score to settle. In the ensuing gang war, there is a lot of violence and Matt goes back to Harvard in the end after being grateful to Pete for teaching him to live with true grit.

                                                                       
Hits

• Charlie Hunnam as Pete, the GSE leader looks and plays the part of a yo yo punk with conviction
• We are introduced to the world of football gang fanaticism which is quite new
• The guy who plays Bower is also good in the scenes where he repents for his back stabbing of the GSE and later when he proves his loyalty again to his leader. 

VERDICT

A decent buddy movie with a different premise on football fan gangs. Watchable.