Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins

Movie"The beginning of the end."
Audience Score
58
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NR 1 hr 47 minCrime, Drama, ActionRise of the Footsoldier Collection PosterPart of Rise of the Footsoldier Collection
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.
StarringTerry StoneVinnie JonesRoland Manookian
DirectorNick Nevern
WriterAndrew Loveday

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:Empire Pictures, Haymarket Films, Platinum Pictures, Carnaby International, Signature Films

Rise of the Footsoldier Collection

Rise of the Footsoldier is a British crime film released on 7 September 2007. The third production from BAFTA Award-nominated director Julian Gilbey, it is a gangster film based on the true story of the Rettendon murders and the autobiography of Carlton Leach, a football hooligan of the infamous Inter City Firm (ICF) who became a powerful figure of the English underworld. The sequel Rise Of The Footsoldier Part II followed in 2015 and the prequel, Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Beginning, came in 2017