L'Ascension d'un homme de main

Titre original : Rise of the Footsoldier

2007
R
1h 59min

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L'histoire de la vie du criminel professionnelle Carlton Leach.L'histoire de la vie du criminel professionnelle Carlton Leach.L'histoire de la vie du criminel professionnelle Carlton Leach.

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6,7/10

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Anecdotes
In the coach scene at beginning of the film you can see the real Carlton Leach and in the gym lifting weights

Gaffes
In the rave scene, set in 1988.. there are multiple posters advertising "Happy Hardcore". Happy Hardcore wasn't around in 1988, it wasn't until between 1991-1993 that rave music evolved in to Happy Hardcore.

Citations
[first lines]
Carlton Leach: It was the end of an era. But before the murders, the torture, the beatings and the ecstacy... before all of that, there was football. You see, football was where all the spite and the hatred first came from. On those terraces... well, it's where it all began for me.

Versions alternatives
The German version is cut for violence by approx 5 minutes in order to secure the "Not under 18" rating from the FSK. An uncut German release would later be released with SPIO/JK approval.

Connexions
Featured in Britain's Underworld: Essex Bad Boys (2011)

Bandes originales
Run Run Run
Written by Andes / Ferguson
Published by Rondor Music London Ltd
Version by The River

Brutal but gripping British gangster movie

I'm always wary of saying that a film is excellent after only seeing it once, but me and my wife and friends have been talking about this film since we watched it.

Although extremely brutal in places this movie is one of the best British gangster titles i have seen in years now.

The story is gripping and the football firm fighting scenes although perhaps a little over the top with the blood make sorry titles like green street and football factories seem like a walk in the park.

I was extremely impressed with Terry Stone (known to those who have been in the rave scene as terry turbo) and as a fan of this genre was delighted to see some great bad boy actors from eastenders (jonny allen and dan for those who know).

A great take on a subject that has certainly been done before, but it was also nice to see the early rave scene being covered as well, something i'm sure as time goes by we will see a lot more of.

All in all if you are a fan of the genre i have little doubt you will enjoy this movie.

I have a feeling once it is released on DVD this will become a cult movie. And rightly so.