Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. With Hyena and Muscle, Johnson demonstrates a transition into a more mainstream space is possible for such violent, male-centric films. Nick Nevern taking the helm of this latest Footsoldier instalment can be seen as a serious move into Johnson territory, and along with Andrew Loveday, responsible for injecting some much needed style and cinematic know-how into the film.

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Now 5 years since its release revisit the terraces of the east end with the new Extreme Extended Edition, featuring over 20 minutes of all new extreme footage. RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: VENGEANCE is the ultimate vengeance action movie, as TATE (Craig Fairbrass) goes on the rampage to exact revenge for the brutal death of one of his footsoldiers. This fact is probably that there is a lack of 100% proof of what actually happened that night leaving it of course open to interpretation by the film makers. You can select 'Free' and hit the notification bell to be notified when movie is available to watch for free on streaming services and TV.Who’d have bet, fifteen years after the release of Rise of the Footsolider, there would be a cinema release for a fifth film in the franchise. Manookian delivers a remarkable performance as the coked-fuelled dealer, hitting the fine line between desperate, sleazy, and wildness and achieving what should be implausible; making Rolfe almost sympathetic. SignatureUK will be releasing an remastered RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: Extreme Edition on Digital Platforms 3rd February 2023, including more sex, more guns, more violence and 20 minutes more footage. However with Leach being the sort of guy who would use a sledge hammer to crack a nut, confrontations are never far away and with all the violence it’s only a matters of time before he upsets bigger fish. An ending with its own built-in marketing tie-ins, the production has learnt what works well for Hollywood serialisations and effectively appropriated these stylisations into a British context, ensuring the film maixmises both homegrown and global appeal.

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The very nature of the story makes it believable that this was what led to the violence that befell the Essex Boys in the end, as the saying goes “you reap what you sow”. Be sure to like Pissed Off Geek on Facebook and follow them on Twitter to keep up to date with all the news and reviews. Who’d have bet, fifteen years after the release of Rise of the Footsolider, there would be a cinema release for a fifth film in the franchise; a franchise whose continued presence epitomises success in low-budget British filmmaking of the last twenty years. The plot focus does shift from Leach to his cohorts in the film's latter half, which some viewers seem to have a problem with, but not I. As Julian Gilbey says in his interview included in the special features it’s not a film for everybody but it’s one that does have its role to play in both his filmography and the genre it’s based in.

I can only think critics are offended by the subject matter, as this is a pacey, well-acted, stylishly shot exploitation movie.

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Here Tucker is an opportunist, but with a keen sense of justice and morals, and in need of an outlet for his war-time unspent aggression. The theatrical cut is available on DVD in the States and Britain but the extended cut is only available on Blu-ray in the UK. The British gangster movie Rise of the Footsoldier from 2007 was released in a Extreme Extended Cut on Blu-ray in 2012.Paul can often be found on Twitter talking about his favourite movies, games, technology and books when he is not reviewing them and adding news to Pissed Off Geek. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of British gangster films with the official trailer for TITLE: RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: VENGEANCE.

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The plot depicts the back story of Tony Tucker, leading up to events, that lead up to the event of the Rettendon murders of 1995, where Tucker along with Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were killed. For people interested into film making Gilbey talks quite in depth about how he re-edited the new cut to improve the action scenes. Craig Fairbrass for example as Pat Tate creates a detestable character and probably the most psychopathic of them all. 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. The story itself has been presented and re-presented so many times on film, it rivals only the Kray twins in inspiring and shaping the identity of the British gangster film.And so here we are 14 years on and the 5th installmentRISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS is now in Cinemas, in what is the final installment.