Rise of the Footsoldier

Psycho · 16-08-2007, 11:36

I saw the poster on the bus this morning.

I've not heard of it!

Anyone know if it's any good?

Psycho

Psycho · 16-08-2007, 11:43

The trailer looks grim!

Psycho

DamienB · 16-08-2007, 12:01

That really looks like total crap.

R-T-C · 16-08-2007, 12:01

From the press release:

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.

It is coming to DVD from Optimum on December 28th.

WolvesMan · 15-09-2007, 00:33

Has anyone been to watch this?
I saw it last night, not a bad effort, okay never going to be a classic but worth watching i thought.

Lorne.t · 20-11-2007, 21:24

This was a really dire movie.
It's not very good from the off but at least there are a handful of scenes at the beginning with impressive football fights,especially the one on the tube.
However it gets worse as the film goes on with the lead character taking a back seat when Eastenders and Bill actors start appearing.
The second half of the movie is just terrible and the pathetic sub Goodfellas voiceover just kills it completely!
In fact it seems to turn into a different film altogether in the last half hour tackling a subject already covered in "Essex boys".

Pazman2k · 31-12-2007, 17:06

I watched this the other day (I've been quite a follower of the whole Essex boys / rettendon murder thing and have read a few books on the subject).

Its a decent movie and I did enjoy it, but from what I've read in the past, Bernard O Mahoneys 'Essex Boys' book in particular, and also on a few 'gangland' forums about the film its quite far from fact. Apparently Pat Tate and Tommy Tuckers' characters are very very well portrayed and were very true to life.

Philc · 16-01-2008, 16:37

Saw this and it's pretty poor really, based on a true story and I seem to remember the bodies in the Range Rover all those years ago.

It's pretty grim at times too and very far fetched.

KillerHERTZ · 17-01-2008, 20:23

bah, I thought it was going to be a TMNT spin off...

Mr Dan · 18-01-2008, 01:01

Am I the only one that thought this was a good movie. Nothing great, but I thought this was a well done movie that kept me going until the end.
I know Essex boys wasn't that long ago but I felt this was another view that was worthy of another movie.
I would recommend this to anyone wanting a recent British gangster movie.

movaado · 18-01-2008, 08:38

I liked it too, kept me interested till the end. I've seen a lot worse recently

Bobo Justus · 18-01-2008, 13:02

Complete trash. Nothing redeeming about it and absolutely no talent on view or behind the camera.

Avoid.

AndrewP · 18-01-2008, 13:04

Hated it personally

bosque · 07-02-2008, 23:23

Watched this on a £2.60 hire from the local library, a movie about the perhaps forgotten Rettenden Range Rover murders in Essex in 1995. Not a great film by any means but a lot better than Nick Love's efforts and at least it wasn't "directed" by him and an even greater bonus is that Danny Dyer is nowhere to be seen in the cast list. Based on actual murders, at least one of the three victims (as portrayed) deserved to have a shotgun thrust up his **** and had both barrels let fly (sadly in the film he's simply shot in the face). I got the impression that the film was made and released as part of a campaign to release the two men who were imprisoned for the murders. From a quick glance at the BBC reports it does seem as though (unless the police have access to information not used during the trial) they have been wrongfully imprisoned.

SIMON ADEBISI · 07-02-2008, 23:30

Im pretty sure theres a thread about this already.

**** film though. And Danny Dyer is great fun

bosque · 07-02-2008, 23:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by SIMON ADEBISI

Im pretty sure theres a thread about this already.

**** film though. And Danny Dyer is great fun

I did a search and couldn't find one. It's probably not a film at all, more a vanity project designed to help get those guys out of jail. Still glad DD wasn't in it.

Lorne.t · 08-02-2008, 05:37

What did you search for?
"Good film"?

No wonder you didn't get a result!

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/s...ht=footsoldier

Alan b · 08-02-2008, 06:02

Threads Merged

bertieblueshirt · 08-02-2008, 07:50

An offensively terrible film.

AKPiggott · 08-02-2008, 08:47

Am tempted to see this as I was born and bred in Essex... although I didn't really like Essex Boys... the highlight for me in that film though was seeing a car chase on Southend Sea Front, but that was just a weird novelty really.