Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

Réalisateur:

Julian Gilbey

Writers:

Julian Gilbey (writer)
Will Gilbey (writer)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals...

Plot Keywords:

Girlfriend | Torture Chamber | Blow Job | Bigotry | Violence

Avis des utilisateurs:

Stereotypical football-thug with little imagination.

Ensemble

Ricci Harnett	...	Carlton Leach
Terry Stone	...	Tony Tucker
Craig Fairbrass	...	Pat Tate
Roland Manookian	...	Craig Rolfe
Coralie Rose	...	Denny
Neil Maskell	...	Darren Nicholls
Billy Murray	...	Mickey Steele
Ian Virgo	...	Jimmy Gerenuk
Kierston Wareing	...	Kate Carter
Patrick Regis	...	Eddie
Lara Belmont	...	Karen
Emily Beecham	...	Kelly
Frank Harper	...	Jack Whomes
Jason Maza	...	Rob
Mark Killeen	...	Terry
Dave Legeno	...	Big John
Dhaffer L'Abidine	...	Emre Baran
Mitchell Lewis	...	Kemal Baran
Eden Ford	...	Paul
George Calil	...	Police Killer
Jay Taylor	...	Chris Wightman
Philip Weddell	...	Young Carlton
Brendan Carr	...	Jason
Rhys Williams	...	Andy Riot
Stuart Moore	...	Bill Gardner
Derek Lea	...	Gardner's Enemy
Joe Dixon	...	Mr. Khan
Richard Saade	...	Barak
Andy Ktitsi	...	Turkish Heavy
Jo Jo Mitchell	...	Turkish Heavy
David Jacobs	...	Turkish Heavy
Ibrahim Othman	...	Turkish Heavy
Mark Rudland	...	Roger Spooner
Kieran Bew	...	Ricky (as Keiren Bew)
Nicola Paige	...	Lucy (as Nicky Paige)
Georgie Lee-Robinson	...	Stacey (as Georgie Robinson)
Andy Linden	...	Peter Dunsdale
Toby Richards	...	Sledge
Danny Midwinter	...	Robin
Winston Ellis	...	Morris
Damar Martin	...	Morris's Friend
Steve Stanislavs	...	Morris's Friend
Calum McNab	...	John Kennedy
Jennifer Evans	...	Loraine Rolfe (as Jenny Evans)
David Brookes	...	Brian Rolfe
Emma Nowell	...	Suzy
Phil Wright	...	Body Builder
Steve Phantos	...	Hooligan
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Hayley Bennett-Jones
Greg Corke	...	Police Hitman #2
Jack Daly	...	The Kid
Steve Daly	...	Jimmy's Dad
Jimmy Flint	...	Hexell brother 1
Noel Francis	...	Builder
Nichola Marie Fynn	...	Mid-Wife
Andrew Loveday	...	Guy in smashed up car
Jodi Mcallister	...	Waitress
Ian McIntyre	...	Clubber
Richard McIntyre	...	Hooligan
Simon Meacock	...	Ecstacy Killer
Ben Morris	...	Clubber
Steve Motion	...	Punk Clubber
Adam Saint	...	Hexell brother 2
Gary Schiffman	...	Clubber
Jayson Whiteley	...	Police Officer at Football Stadium
Marc Zammit	...	Under 5
Dave Evans	...	Police Hitman #1 (uncredited)
Grant Kempster	...	ICF Member (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Julian Gilbey

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Julian Gilbey		writer
Will Gilbey		writer

Produit par
Andrew Loveday	....	executive producer
Mike Loveday	....	executive producer
Mike Loveday	....	producer
Terry Loveday	....	executive producer
Will Machin	....	associate producer
Ian McIntyre	....	producer: documentary segments
Billy Murray	....	executive producer
Toby Richards	....	executive producer
David Shead	....	producer
Terry Stone	....	executive producer
Gerry Toomey	....	co-producer
Gerry Toomey	....	line producer

Image
Ali Asad

Montage
Julian Gilbey
Will Gilbey

Distribution des rôles
Steve Daly
Julie Dunne

Création des décors
Matthew Button

Direction artistique
Peter Arnold
Daniela Faggio		(supervising art director)

Création des costumes
Hayley Nebauer

Maquillage
Christine Bateman	....	makeup designer
Melanie Szabo	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Claire Kendall-Price	....	production manager
Trudy Sargent	....	post-production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Scott Bates	....	first assistant director
Philip Booth	....	third assistant director (as Philip James Booth)
Will Gilbey	....	second unit director
Richard Hatherell	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Michael Button	....	propmaker
Madeline Chan	....	art department assistant
Maeve Curtis	....	art department coordinator
Cathy Featherstone	....	buyer
Tamzen Grove	....	props buyer
Mia Summerville	....	stand-by props

Technicien du son
Ben Brazier	....	sound editor
Robert Brazier	....	foley editor
Adam Garstone	....	sound recordist
Ross Jarvis	....	boom operator
Blair Jollands	....	sound effects editor
Mathew Knights	....	sound re-recording mixer

Effets spéciaux
Cat Hart	....	special effects
Mike Knights	....	special effects
Scott McIntyre	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects
David Clarke	....	DI manager
Kai Van Beers	....	digital colourist

Cascadeur
Terry Cade	....	stunts
Nick Chopping	....	stunt performer
Aldonio Danny Freitas	....	stunt performer
Levan Doran	....	stunt performer
Dean Forster	....	stunt performer
Steve Griffin	....	stunts
James Grogan	....	stunts
Lee Millham	....	stunts
Chris Newton	....	stunt performer
Rocky Taylor	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Truglia	....	stunt performer
Ian van Temperley	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Tamer Asad	....	best boy grip
Thomas Asad	....	camera trainee
Andy Dorwart	....	key grip
Christian Hayes	....	electrician
James Holliday	....	electrician
Michael Monteiro	....	camera operator
Pawel Polak	....	electrician
Marc Roodhart	....	gaffer
Rolf Roodhart	....	best boy electric
Brian Udoff	....	assistant camera: dailies

Casting Department
Amy Clamp	....	casting assistant
Julie Dunne	....	head casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rebecca Gore	....	costume assistant
Ana Paula Hart	....	costume buyer
Anna Lavelle	....	costume buyer
Imogen Loveday	....	costume buyer
Samuel Millard	....	costume trainee
Sarah Pasricha	....	assistant costume designer
Rebecca 'Bex' Rees	....	costume maker
Diana Wyand	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Emma Maclennan	....	post-production coordinator
Alan Maiden	....	on-line editor
Richard John Taylor	....	assistant editor
Richard John Taylor	....	trailer editor

Music Department
Emma Maclennan	....	music licensing

Transportation Department
Dale Anthony	....	unit driver

Divers
Laure Bregevin	....	script supervisor
Jean Crous	....	location scout
Dave Evans	....	weapons coordinator
Anna Kolber	....	production assistant
Emma Maclennan	....	production coordinator
Wyndham Richardson	....	runner: dailies
Clive Trott	....	location manager
Clive Waldron	....	production accountant
Paul Wanklin	....	effects coordinator

Production Companies

• Carnaby International
• Hanover Films (co-production)

Distributors

• Eagle Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Optimum Releasing (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2007) (UK) (all media)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Tellycars.com (visual effects vehicles)

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script clearance
• Ice Films  camera equipment provided by (Super 16 camera)
• Mayflower Studios  adr recording studio
• Pro Cuts Media  epk production
• Reel Meals  catering
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody/brutal violence, torture and language throughout, drug use, sexuality, and some graphic nudity.

Durée:

119 min

Pays:

UK

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Hungary:18 | Thailand:G | Canada:18A | UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:18 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Czech Republic:18 | Brazil:18 | Italy:X | Germany:18 | Finland:K-18 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France

Company:

Carnaby International

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the rave scene, set in 1988 (again), you can spot someone wearing a 2007 season Gio-Goi T-shirt in the crowd.

Stereotypical football-thug with little imagination.

'Rise of the Footsoldier' follows the unrelentingly cruel journey of gangster Carlton Leach and his associates through drugs, violence, sex, violence, guns, violence and did I mention violence?

Protagonist Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett), member of the I.C.F (Inner City Firm); a group of football hooligans turned professional gangsters, guides the audience through the events leading to the 1995 'Range Rover Killings', in which three gang members fell victim to particularly vicious professional 'hits'. Leach's success as a doorman and talent for locating aptly violent friends to control unruly punters at a local nightclub launches him into the company of notorious drug dealers and gangsters, profitably benefiting from the 80s/90s rave scene and drug culture.

Opening with brutally realistic shots of the dead men, the viewer is left thirsty to understand what happened, but left wholly unsatisfied. The next 2 hours meander through a series of countless character introductions. Each of these basically establishes yet another typical 'hard man', shows him assaulting usually undeserving victims, before probably coming to an even nastier end. What little emotional understanding the audience is allowed to form for a few of the characters (for example a family man blamed for missing drugs) is quickly destroyed when they are either anti-climactically killed, or their storyline left unresolved. The hints of a plot introduced in the beginning are inadequately concluded with vague impressions of how the murders occurred, as the events are slotted into place with little reward for persevering with the hazy muddle of previous events.

This film has been made with a standard formula in mind, for an audience who prefer violence and 'ard nut' slang to an actual storyline. 'Rise of the Footsoldier' borrows too much from 'Football Factory', leaving out the good bits, demonstrating no moral ramifications of hooligan subculture or establishing empathy with the protagonist. The violence, although brilliantly shot, seems excessive and implausible because no one is around long enough for the audience to form an emotional attachment. The implication that the gangs are untouchable by the police is fair enough, but machete-wielding doormen regularly committing blatant murder in public places pushes the imagination of even the most willing viewer. The audience are left bewildered as to the relevance of many key events and developed characters that had no knock on effect on the eventual conclusion. Attempted 'gritty-realism' is further destroyed with a substance called 'Truth Serum', which the Turkish Mafia use to coax honest answers from unwilling individuals. This is NOT the genre in which to invent psychologically unrealistic drugs, and renders the interrogation almost absurd.

The actual scenes of violence (before becoming repetitive) hold some tension, spliced with rapid flashes of colour or the end of a film reel. Seamlessly choreographed brawls coupled with obligatory but effective shaky hand-held camera work saves the film, but unfortunately the plot (or lack there of) limits it to a niche demographic.

In essence, the events this film is based on aren't deservedly represented, and an adequately sequential storyline is sacrificed for stereotypical characters and an unoriginal plot. This film has a place in the market, but if you like a bit of brain with your brutality this one isn't for you.

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