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Bookmark this pageRise of the Foot Soldier (2007)
Director: Julian Gilbey
Movie review
From Time Out London
A repugnant gangland romp in which a group of Neanderthalic, perpetually gurning ruffians get tooled up with axe handles, baseball bats and Stanley knives then knock ten bells out of each other for just shy of two hours. Based on a true story, the ‘Rise’ of the title refers to the ‘meteoric’ ascent of mockney street tough, Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett), from middle-rung football hooligan to, er, club doorman. Leach is then unceremoniously swept aside as the film hastily attempts to give the Rettendon Range Rover murders a once-over in its scrappy second half. There is fun to be had deconstructing writer-director Julian Gilbey’s laughable join-the-dots yob patois, as every sentence seems to start with an, ‘I’m gonna fackin’…’ or ‘You fackin’…’ or, on occasion, ‘So then I only went an’ fackin’…’, typically concluded with a mandatory ‘caaaant!’ The direction, too, smacks of sadism, especially the obvious glee Gilbey gets from filming violent scenes in close-up and, in the case of the bloody shotgun-to-the-face denouement, in triplicate.Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 1933: September 5-11 2007
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- dave said...
- Posted on Sep 06 2007 13:21 Gotta disagree with you timeout. Pull your head out of your arses, stop being so FUCKING PRETENTIOUS! Sorry if that's harsh but I always find that with your reviews. If it's black and white and fifty years old you'll give it five stars without watching it. If it's current and offends your delicate sensibilities you slag it off in a review that bears no relation to the film. Film rocks! Go see it!
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- Morgan said...
- Posted on Sep 06 2007 13:09 I went to the premier last night and enjoyed the film, good acting, well shot and real, fully recommend
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- AP said...
- Posted on Sep 06 2007 10:42 I saw this movie last night. It was far better than I thought it would be. Very well shot - the photography is first rate and the acting is spot on especially Terry stone and Craig Fairbass. It is very, very violent but it is based on real events and people. Not for everyone but certainly an interesting portrait of one section of British society. Great scenes of the Acid House era - hilarious seeing the uber-violent football thugs embrace the summer of love.
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- SPiV said...
- Posted on Sep 05 2007 20:00 I CAN'T WAIT 2 SEE THIS FILM,PEOPLE ARE JUST SCARED OF THE TOUGHT THAT THIS STUFF HAPPEND AND STILL GOES ON IN OUR MEANINGLESS SOCIETY
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- Jamie1972 said...
- Posted on Sep 05 2007 17:14 Nothing to do with the film its self but in what way is Carlton Leech a 'mockney'?
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- jhon said...
- Posted on Sep 05 2007 15:36 This movie is brilliant. Yuo don't know what you're tawlking about Time Out!
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Cast & crew
Director: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian, Frank Harper, Billy Murray, Neil Maskell, Ian Virgo, Coralie Rose, Dave Legeno, Emily Beecham, Lara Belmont full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Rated: 18
Duration: 114 mins
UK Release: Sep 7 2007
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