Story of movie Rise Of The Footsoldier :
Rise of the Footsoldier is a British crime film released on 7 September 2007. The third production from BAFTA Award-nominated director Julian Gilbey, it is based on the true story of the 1995 Rettendon murders and the autobiography of Carlton Leach, a football hooligan of the infamous Inter City Firm (ICF) who became a powerful figure of the English underworld.
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| Directed by | Julian Gilbey |
| Written by | Julian Gilbey Mike Hawk |
| Starring | Ricci Harnett Craig Fairbrass Roland Manookian Terry Stone Coralie Rose |
| Distributed by | Optimum Releasing |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £220,868 |
Screenplay
- Ricci Harnett as Carlton Leach — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
- Craig Fairbrass as Pat Tate — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Roland Manookian as Craig Rolfe — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Terry Stone as Tony Tucker — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Billy Murray as Mickey Steele — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Ian Virgo as Jimmy Gerenuk — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Kierston Wareing/Laura McMonagle as Kate Carter — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
- Frank Harper/Stephen Marcus as Jack Whomes — Rise of the Footsoldier and Rise of the Footsoldier 3
Rise of the Footsoldier
- Coralie Rose as Denny
- Neil Maskell as Darren Nicholls
- Patrick Regis as Eddie
- Lara Belmont as Karen
- Emily Beecham as Kelly
- Jason Maza as Rob
- Mark Killeen as Terry
- Dave Legeno as Big John
- Dhaffer L'Abidine as Emre Baran
- Mitchell Lewis as Kemal Baran
- Jay Taylor as Chris Wightman
- Eden Ford as Paul
- George Calil as Police Killer
- Phillip Weddell as Young Carlton
Rise of the Footsoldier Part II: Reign of the General
- Steven Berkoff as Dr. Flint
- Luke Mably as Shawn
- Jonathan Harden as Dave
- Slaine Kelly as Lucy
- Tygo Gernandt as Lars
- Nabil Elouahabi as Demirkan
- Daniel Adegboyega as Steve
- Peter Benedict as Geoff King
- Ryan Oliva as Kenny Davis
- Chris Brazier as Matthew Taylor
- Lockhart Ogilvie as Afanas
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story
- Craig Fairbrass as Pat Tate
- Jamie Foreman as Sam
- Josh Myers as Ken
- Eddie Webber as Lewis
- Shaun Ryder as Mad Dog
- Andy Beckwith as Cokey
- Emily Wyatt as Charlotte
- Larry Lamb as Frank Harris
- Marcello Walton as Luke
- Dan Fredenburgh as Joss
TimeOut Film Guide (2011 edition) reviewer David Jenkinson describes Rise of the Footsoldier as "a repugnant gangland romp in which ruffians get tooled up with axe handles, baseball bats and Stanley knives then knock ten bells out of each other for two hours." After a one-sentence overview, the review concludes that "Leach is then unceremoniously swept aside as the film hastily attempts to give the Rettendon Range Rover murders a once-over in the scrappy second half."
In America, Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever also disliked it, throwing the film one bone (out of possible four) and dismissing it as "Brit crime flick, based on a true story, that has nothing going for it but violence". Indicating that "Carlton Leach goes from football hooligan in the 1980s to criminal muscle and gangster in the 1990s", the write-up ends with mention of "three murdered drug dealers who were found in rural Essex".
The films Essex Boys (2000), Bonded by Blood (2010), The Fall of the Essex Boys (2013) and Essex Boys: Retribution (2013) are also based – to varying degrees – on the Rettendon murders.
A sequel, Rise of the Footsoldier: Part 2 (2015), was released in December 2015. A prequel titled Rise of the Footsoldier 3 was released in 2017.
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