Review of Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) by Stuart R — 05 May 2008

A acount of a thug growing up in essex, going from a football hooligan and rising up the ranks to a leader of his own crew, and business dealings, this film shows a interesting story of crime, and part of this story is actually based on a actual acount of 3 crooks getting killed in the countryside, here we see those charactors as supporting charactors, and concentrating on a another charactor, who gets involved with these charactors, a very violent acount, of events, quite gruesome in parts, from the foootball hooligan violence, guys with hammers/axes crunching into flesh, to gun violence, later on, its really violent and like scorsese and casino, showing it for what it is, its not a easy watch.

the film flows along, moving through the years in a interesting way, like goodfellas, and of course casino, a voice over, going throughout, comes off well, a worthy adition to crimeland britain on film.