Directed by:
Zackary AdlerCinematography:
Luke PalmerCast:
Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Roland Manookian, Jamie Foreman, Josh Myers, Ian Virgo, Andy Beckwith, Larry Lamb, Stephen Marcus, Billy Murray, Gary Baxter (more)VOD (1)
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Prequel to Rise of the Footsoldier, one of the highest grossing British gangster films of all time, and Rise of the Footsolider II, named Best British Film of 2015, Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning is a hard-hitting, fast moving story with furious action and visceral violence. The third instalment focuses on Pat Tate’s inexorable rise to notoriety through the ranks of the Essex gangland while capturing the level of violence and corruption that existed in an era where the control of drugs drove the criminal underground to kill for money and power with catastrophic consequences. (Carnaby International Sales and Distribution)
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“The powder kept me alert, keeps the anger at boiling point, just where I need to be.” Craig Fairbrass, the footballer from Cliffhanger. I still don’t know whether this violent, psychopathic, slightly moldy grizzly, who would have almost nothing to say if he removed “fucking” and “cunt” from his vocabulary, deserves my laughter or my respect. I do understand, however, that a few hits with a telephone receiver might make my decision easier. The series about ambitious intellectuals from Essex begins to slide into comedic and even slapstick territory with this prequel, but it didn’t hurt at all in the case of the magical scene with "99 Luftballons."
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It may be the third film in the series, but it's actually the film that precedes the first one. It's not about anything other than showing how the evil bastards are living well, how they fuck, take drugs and beat people up, or even kill them. At least until everything goes to shit, which only happens in the finale. I don't consider the film better than average.
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