Rise of the Footsoldier

(2007)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 243 votes

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Year: 2007

Runtime: 119 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Julian Gilbey

Cast: Риччи Харнетт, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian, Coralie Rose, Нейл Маскелл, Billy Murray, Ian Virgo, Kierston Wareing, Patrick Regis

Plot

Carlton Leach rises 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 '80s and early '90s.

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 three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country.