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Green Street
Green Street
	DVD cover
Directed by	Lexi Alexander
Screenplay by	Lexi Alexander; Dougie Brimson; Josh Shelov;
Story by	Lexi Alexander; Dougie Brimson;
Produced by	Donald Zuckerman; Gigi Pritzker; Deborah Del Prete;
Starring	Elijah Wood; Charlie Hunnam; Claire Forlani; Marc Warren; Leo Gregory;
Cinematography	Alexander Buono
Edited by	Paul Trejo
Music by	Christopher Franke
Production; company	OddLot Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (United Kingdom); Freestyle Releasing (United States);
Release date	9 September 2005 (United Kingdom);
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	Vereinigtes Königreich; Vereinigte Staaten;
Sprache	Englisch
Box office	$4.33 million

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Green Street (also known as Green Street Hooligans^[3] and Hooligans^[4]) is a 2005 crime drama film about football hooliganism in the United Kingdom.^[3] The film was directed by Lexi Alexander and stars Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.

Two sequels followed in the form of direct-to-video releases. The first, Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground, was released on various dates around the world between March 2009 to July 2010. The second, Green Street 3: Never Back Down, was released in the UK on 21 October 2013.

Plot

Matt Buckner, an American college student studying journalism, is expelled from Harvard University after cocaine 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 London.

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 "Yank" to a football match, he decides to take Matt to the game, thinking he might "learn something."

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 go off to fight some Birmingham City 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 his first true fight, is inducted into the GSE, and moves in with Pete.

The GSE firm then head to an away game against Manchester United. Matt ends up sneaking onto the train to help when they are warned that 40 Manchester United firm members are waiting for them at the station. Bovver pulls the train's emergency stop handle and at Matt's initiative the firm persuades a van driver to take them into Manchester, posing as a moving equipment van for a film production. When past them, the GSE charge out to attack the United firm members. They win the fight and leave, taunting the United firm as they are arrested.

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 The Times, for lunch, they assume Matt is a "journo" as well. Bovver informs Pete of this. Steve goes to the Abbey to warn Matt and discovers that Steve is the founder and former leader of the GSE, "The Major", who retired from football hooliganism after witnessing the death of Tommy's twelve-year-old son in a fight. Infuriated, Pete angrily confronts Matt in the restroom over his identity as a "journo".

Meanwhile, Bovver secretly informs Tommy and the Millwall 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 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.

The two firms meet near the Millennium Dome 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 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.

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 "ticket back to Harvard", an enraged Jeremy lunges at him, but Matt fends Jeremy off with ease. Victorious, Matt walks down the street outside the restaurant, he sings "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles", the anthem of the GSE and their associated club, West Ham United.

Cast

Elijah Wood as Matthew 'Matt' Buckner, nicknamed "The Yank": a 20-year-old American everyman, studying journalism at Harvard University. His mother has died, and his sister lives in London with her husband. He does not see his father very often, because he is away working most of the time.
Charlie Hunnam 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.
Leo Gregory as Bovver: a member of the GSE and Pete's right-hand man.
Claire Forlani as Shannon Dunham (née Buckner): Matt's older sister, married to Steve and mother of Ben.
Marc Warren 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.
Ross McCall as Dave Bjorno: a commercial airline pilot and member of the GSE.
Rafe Spall as Swill: a member of the GSE.
Kieran Bew as Ike: a member of the GSE
Geoff Bell as Tommy Hatcher: leader of Millwall's firm the NGO.
James Allison and Oliver Allison as Benjamin "Ben" Dunham: son of Shannon and Steve, and Matt's nephew.
Terence Jay as Jeremy Van Holden: a cocaine addict and dealer, son of a senator, currently studying at Harvard University.
Joel Beckett as Terry: a retired GSE member who runs the Bridgett Abbey pub on Walsh Road, and Steve's former right-hand man.
Henry Goodman as Carl Buckner: a world renowned journalist who is Matt and Shannon's father, Steve's father-in-law and Ben's grandfather.

Cultural context

The name of the firm in the film, the Green Street Elite, refers to Green Street in the London Borough of Newham, where West Ham's old home stadium, Upton Park was located. West Ham is supported by one of Britain's notorious hooligan firms: the Inter City Firm (ICF).^[5]

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Green Street has an approval rating of 46% based on 65 reviews, with an average of 5.5/10.^[3] The website's critics consensus reads, "When it comes to the subculture of soccer thugs, Green Street Hooligans lacks sufficient insight, and instead comes off as a Fight Club knock-off."^[3] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 55 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[6]

Roger Ebert gave the film a very favourable review,^[7] while the BBC described it as "calamitous".^[8] E! Online 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".^[9] Lead star Hunnam's attempted Cockney accent was derided by many critics as the worst in film history.^[10]

Awards

Green Street won several awards including Best Feature at the LA Femme Film Festival,^[11] Best of the Fest at the Malibu Film Festival,^[12] and the Special Jury Award and Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival.^[13]

The film was nominated for the William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie. Other nominated films were Neil Gaiman's and Dave McKean's MirrorMask, the award-winning baseball documentary Up for Grabs and Opie Gets Laid.^[14]

Sequels

Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground was released straight-to-DVD in March 2009. The film does not star most of the main cast of the first film but rather focuses on Ross McCall, who played Dave in the first film. The plot has Dave, who was caught at the fight at the end of the first film, in a prison where he must fight to survive.

Green Street 3: Never Back Down was released straight-to-DVD in the UK on 21 October 2013, starring Scott Adkins from The Expendables 2. Danny Harvey (Adkins) has spent all of his life fighting - in the playground, on the football pitch, and then heading up the West Ham firm the Green Street Elite (GSE). After having turned his back from violence fourteen years prior, Danny is thrust back into the GSE. Younger brother Joey, played by Billy Cook, is killed in an organised fight against a rival firm and Danny is desperate to seek revenge for his brother's death. Danny returns to the GSE and his past, the only way he knows to find out who killed his younger brother.

On 25 February 2024, Leo Gregory announced he has written a script with Dougie Brimson for a direct sequel to the original film, under the title ‘Green Street 2.0’.

References

^ "SXSW Winner "Hooligans" Picked up by New Outfit, Odd Lot". IndieWire. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "Green Street Hooligans (2005) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Green Street Hooligans (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ "Hooligans". AlloCiné. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
^ Akbar, Arifa (26 August 2005). "A load of pork pies: Green Street sees red at hooligan film". The Independent.
^ "Green Street Hooligans". Metacritic. 9 September 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
^ Ebert, Roger (8 September 2005). "Violent kicks". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
^ Smith, Neil (8 September 2005). "Green Street (2005)". BBC.
^ "Green Street Hooligans". E! Online. 9 September 2005.
^ Chilton, Martin (5 May 2011). "Mel Gibson joins the worst Cockney accent film set". The Daily Telegraph.
^ "2005 LA Femme Filmmaker Awards". lafemme.org. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
^ "Malibu International Film Festival awards". www.filmfestivals.com. 24 April 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ Leydon, Joe (16 March 2005). "Green Street Hooligans". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ Tyler, Joshua (10 January 2006). "Shatner Gets His Own Award". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 10 September 2009.

External links

[1] "SXSW Winner "Hooligans" Picked up by New Outfit, Odd Lot". IndieWire. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[numbers-2] "Green Street Hooligans (2005) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[rottentomatoes-3] "Green Street Hooligans (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes.

[4] "Hooligans". AlloCiné. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

[5] Akbar, Arifa (26 August 2005). "A load of pork pies: Green Street sees red at hooligan film". The Independent.

[6] "Green Street Hooligans". Metacritic. 9 September 2005. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

[7] Ebert, Roger (8 September 2005). "Violent kicks". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[8] Smith, Neil (8 September 2005). "Green Street (2005)". BBC.

[9] "Green Street Hooligans". E! Online. 9 September 2005.

[10] Chilton, Martin (5 May 2011). "Mel Gibson joins the worst Cockney accent film set". The Daily Telegraph.

[11] "2005 LA Femme Filmmaker Awards". lafemme.org. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[12] "Malibu International Film Festival awards". www.filmfestivals.com. 24 April 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[13] Leydon, Joe (16 March 2005). "Green Street Hooligans". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[14] Tyler, Joshua (10 January 2006). "Shatner Gets His Own Award". Cinema Blend. Retrieved 10 September 2009.

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+'''''Green Street''''' (also known as '''''Green Street Hooligans'''''<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{Cite web |title=Green Street Hooligans (2005) |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_street_hooligans/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> and '''''Hooligans'''''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=54487.html |title= Hooligans|author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher= [[AlloCiné]] |access-date= 29 November 2021 }}</ref>) is a 2005 [[crime drama]] film about [[football hooliganism in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="rottentomatoes"/> The film was directed by [[Lexi Alexander]] and stars [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Charlie Hunnam]].
-'''''Green Street''''' (also known as '''''Green Street Hooligans'''''<ref name="rottentomatoes">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_street_hooligans/|title = Green Street Hooligans (2005)}}</ref> and '''''Hooligans'''''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=54487.html |title= Hooligans|author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher= [[AlloCiné]] |access-date= 29 November 2021 }}</ref>) is a 2005 [[crime drama]] film about [[football hooliganism in the United Kingdom]].<ref name="rottentomatoes"/> The film was directed by [[Lexi Alexander]] and stars [[Elijah Wood]] and [[Charlie Hunnam]].
 Two sequels followed in the form of direct-to-video releases. The first, ''[[Green Street 2: Stand Your Ground]]'', was released on various dates around the world between March 2009 to July 2010. The second, ''[[Green Street 3: Never Back Down]]'', was released in the UK on 21 October 2013.
 ==Plot==
-Journalism major Matt Buckner ([[Elijah Wood]]) is expelled from [[Harvard University]] after [[cocaine]] 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 ([[Claire Forlani]]), her husband Steve ([[Marc Warren]]) and their son Ben in [[London, England|London]].
+Matt Buckner, an American college student studying journalism, is expelled from [[Harvard University]] after [[cocaine]] 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 [[London, England|London]].
-There, Matt meets Steve's brother Pete ([[Charlie Hunnam]]), a 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 "[[Yankee|Yank]]" to a [[association football|football]] match, he decides to take Matt to the game, thinking he might "learn something."
+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 "[[Yankee|Yank]]" to a [[association football|football]] match, he decides to take Matt to the game, thinking he might "learn something."
-Matt meets Pete's friends and his firm in their local pub and they befriend Matt, with the exception of Pete's stubborn right-hand man Bovver who takes an immediate dislike to Matt. A few pints in and they head to the match. Afterward, Pete, Bovver, and the other firm members go off to fight some [[Birmingham City]] fans, but Matt decides that it is not for him and heads to the train home. On his way back, Matt is jumped 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 his first true fight, is inducted into the GSE, and moves in with Pete.
+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 go off to fight some [[Birmingham City]] 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 his first true fight, is inducted into the GSE, and moves in with Pete.
-The GSE firm then head to an away game against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Matt ends up sneaking onto the train to help when they are warned that 40 Manchester United firm members are waiting for them at the station. Bovver pulls the train's emergency stop handle and at Matt's initiative the firm persuades a van driver to take them into [[Manchester]], posing as a moving equipment van for a film production. When past them, the GSE charge out to attack the United firm members. They win the fight and leave, taunting the United firm.
+The GSE firm then head to an away game against [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]. Matt ends up sneaking onto the train to help when they are warned that 40 Manchester United firm members are waiting for them at the station. Bovver pulls the train's emergency stop handle and at Matt's initiative the firm persuades a van driver to take them into [[Manchester]], posing as a moving equipment van for a film production. When past them, the GSE charge out to attack the United firm members. They win the fight and leave, taunting the United firm as they are arrested.
-Jealous of Matt's rise in the ranks, Bovver talks to Tommy Hatcher ([[Geoff Bell (actor)|Geoff Bell]]), 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 ''[[The Times]]'', for lunch, they assume Matt is a "journo" as well. Bovver informs Pete of this. Steve goes to the Abbey to warn Matt and discovers that Steve is the founder and former leader of the GSE, "The Major", who retired from football hooliganism after witnessing the death of Tommy's twelve-year-old son in a fight. Bovver secretly informs Tommy and the [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] firm of Steve's presence.
+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 ''[[The Times]]'', for lunch, they assume Matt is a "journo" as well. Bovver informs Pete of this. Steve goes to the Abbey to warn Matt and discovers that Steve is the founder and former leader of the GSE, "The Major", who retired from football hooliganism after witnessing the death of Tommy's twelve-year-old son in a fight. Infuriated, Pete angrily confronts Matt in the restroom over his identity as a "journo".
-Pete angrily confronts Matt in the bathroom over his identity as a "journo". The Millwall firm crashes the Abbey and petrol-bomb the bar. Tommy confronts Steve and stabs 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 upon arriving, helps get Steve to the hospital where Pete slams Bovver for his betrayal. Shannon decides to return to the United States to ensure the safety of her family.
+Meanwhile, Bovver secretly informs Tommy and the [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] 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 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.
-The two firms meet near the [[Millennium Dome]] the next day for a final brawl. 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. Matt and Bovver come to their rescue. Pete notices that Tommy is approaching the car and goads him by saying Tommy is to blame for his son's death by having failed to protect him. Tommy snaps and tackles Pete to the ground, eventually beating him to death. Everyone on both sides gathers around Pete's dead body in shock.
+The two firms meet near the [[Millennium Dome]] 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 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.
-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 "ticket back to Harvard", Jeremy lunges at him, but Matt fends Jeremy off with ease. As a victorious Matt walks down the street outside the restaurant, he sings "[[I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles]]", the anthem of the GSE and their associated club, [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]].
+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 "ticket back to Harvard", an enraged Jeremy lunges at him, but Matt fends Jeremy off with ease. Victorious, Matt walks down the street outside the restaurant, he sings "[[I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles]]", the anthem of the GSE and their associated club, [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]].
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 ==Cultural context==
-The name of the firm in the film, the Green Street Elite, refers to [[Green Street, London|Green Street]] in the London Borough of Newham, where West Ham's old home stadium, [[Boleyn Ground|Upton Park]] was located. West Ham is supported by one of Britain's notorious [[hooligan firm]]s: the [[Inter City Firm]] (ICF).<ref>Arifa Akbar, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/a-load-of-pork-pies-green-street-sees-red-at-hooligan-film-308355.html "A load of pork pies: Green Street sees red at hooligan film"], ''The Independent'', 26 August 2005</ref>
+The name of the firm in the film, the Green Street Elite, refers to [[Green Street, London|Green Street]] in the London Borough of Newham, where West Ham's old home stadium, [[Boleyn Ground|Upton Park]] was located. West Ham is supported by one of Britain's notorious [[hooligan firm]]s: the [[Inter City Firm]] (ICF).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akbar |first=Arifa |date=2005-08-26 |title=A load of pork pies: Green Street sees red at hooligan film |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/a-load-of-pork-pies-green-street-sees-red-at-hooligan-film-308355.html |access-date= |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Critical reception==
+On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Green Street'' has an approval rating of 46% based on 65 reviews, with an average of 5.5/10.<ref name="rottentomatoes" /> The website's critics consensus reads, "When it comes to the subculture of soccer thugs, ''Green Street Hooligans'' lacks sufficient insight, and instead comes off as a ''[[Fight Club]]'' knock-off."<ref name="rottentomatoes" />  On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 55 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |date=9 September 2005 |title=Green Street Hooligans |url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/greenstreethooligans?q=green%20street/ |access-date=6 November 2012 |website=[[Metacritic]] |archive-date=7 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307013923/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/greenstreethooligans?q=green%20street/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-The film received mixed reviews on release. It scored 47% on the film website [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<ref name="rottentomatoes" /> and 55% on the website [[Metacritic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/greenstreethooligans?q=green%20street/ |title=Green Street Hooligans |publisher=Metacritic |date=9 September 2005 |access-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a very favourable review,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/green-street-hooligans-2005 |title=''Green Street Hooligans'' |author=Roger Ebert |date=8 September 2005 |access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> while the BBC described it as "calamitous".<ref>Neil Smith, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/09/05/green_street_2005_review.shtml ''Green Street'' (2005)], BBC'', 8 September 2005</ref> [[E! Online]] reviewed it as "saddled with a predictable storyline and such feckless dialogue that you can't help but view the whole thing as an exercise in stupidity".<ref>[http://www.eonline.com/uk/news/84561/green-street-hooligans ''Green Street Hooligans''], ''E News'', 9 September 2005</ref> Lead star Hunnam's attempted Cockney accent was derided by many critics as the worst in film history.<ref>Martin Chilton, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8497415/Mel-Gibson-joins-the-worst-Cockney-accent-film-set.html "Mel Gibson joins the worst Cockney accent film set"], ''Telegraph.co.uk'', 6 May 2011</ref>
+[[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a very favourable review,<ref>{{cite news |author=Ebert |first=Roger |date=8 September 2005 |title=Violent kicks |work=[[RogerEbert.com]] |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/green-street-hooligans-2005 |access-date=7 April 2017}}</ref> while the [[BBC]] described it as "calamitous".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Neil |date=2005-09-08 |title=Green Street (2005) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/09/05/green_street_2005_review.shtml |access-date= |website=[[BBC]]}}</ref> ''[[E! Online]]'' 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".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-09 |title=Green Street Hooligans |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/84561/green-street-hooligans |access-date= |website=[[E! Online]]}}</ref> Lead star Hunnam's attempted [[Cockney|Cockney accent]] was derided by many critics as the worst in film history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chilton |first=Martin |date=5 May 2011 |title=Mel Gibson joins the worst Cockney accent film set |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8497415/Mel-Gibson-joins-the-worst-Cockney-accent-film-set.html |access-date= |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
-Green Street won several awards including Best Feature at the [[LA Femme Film Festival]], Best of the Fest at the Malibu Film Festival and the Special Jury Award at the [[SXSW Film Festival]].
+''Green Street'' won several awards including Best Feature at the [[LA Femme Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2010 |title=2005 LA Femme Filmmaker Awards |url=https://lafemme.org/filmmaker-winners-2005-2010/ |access-date=February 11, 2023 |website=lafemme.org}}</ref> Best of the Fest at the [[Malibu Film Festival]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 April 2005 |title=Malibu International Film Festival awards |url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/malibu_international_film_festival_awards |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=www.filmfestivals.com |language=en}}</ref> and the Special Jury Award and Audience Award at the [[SXSW Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=2005-03-16 |title=Green Street Hooligans |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/green-street-hooligans-1200527168/ |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
 The film was nominated for the [[William Shatner]] Golden Groundhog Award for Best Underground Movie. Other nominated films were [[Neil Gaiman]]'s and [[Dave McKean]]'s ''[[MirrorMask]]'', the award-winning baseball documentary ''[[Up for Grabs (2004 film)|Up for Grabs]]'' and ''[[Opie Gets Laid]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Shatner-Gets-His-Own-Award-2037.html | title=Shatner Gets His Own Award | access-date=10 September 2009 | last=Tyler | first=Joshua | date=10 January 2006 |work=Cinema Blend}}</ref>
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 ''[[Green Street 3: Never Back Down]]'' was released [[Direct-to-video|straight-to-DVD]] in the UK on 21 October 2013, starring [[Scott Adkins]] from ''[[The Expendables 2]]''. Danny Harvey (Adkins) has spent all of his life fighting - in the playground, on the football pitch, and then heading up the West Ham firm the Green Street Elite (GSE). After having turned his back from violence fourteen years prior, Danny is thrust back into the GSE. Younger brother Joey, played by [[Billy Cook (English actor)|Billy Cook]], is killed in an organised fight against a rival firm and Danny is desperate to seek revenge for his brother's death. Danny returns to the GSE and his past, the only way he knows to find out who killed his younger brother.
+On 25 February 2024, [[Leo Gregory]] announced he has written a script with [[Dougie Brimson]] for a direct sequel to the original film, under the title ‘Green Street 2.0’.
 ==See also==
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+* [[List of association football films]]
 * ''[[Cass (2008 film)|Cass]]''
 * ''[[The Football Factory (film)|The Football Factory]]''
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 * [http://www.dougiebrimson.com Dougie Brimson Official Website]
+* {{YouTube|id=OY1hJ_p4SWY|title=''Green Street Hooligans'' – Cockney Scene}}
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