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Plot.
Julian Gilbey's fact-based crime saga Rise of the Footsoldier traces one
man's meteoric ascension from a lucrative soccer career, through the ranks
of organized crime, to the status of Britain's most omnipotent drug lord.
The tale begins in the 1970s, when hooligan Carlton Leach (Ricci Harnett)
finds himself implicated in a series of violent skirmishes on the soccer
fields of England. Prompted to leave this activity and enter another trade,
Leach self-incorporates as a company called ICF - a front for the young
entrepreneur's drug-dealing activities. Soon, Carlton's business flourishes
first with cocaine, then with ecstasy and heroin (as time rolls forward
from the self-serving 80s into the 1990s), but with it comes severe
addiction and, disturbingly, wave after wave of nerve-wracking violence.
More hardened, more severe criminals turn up to do business with Carlton's
associates, forcing Carlton to recruit tougher and more psychopathic
elements to protect himself - particularly when the goods from a heroin
shipment disappear and Turkish thugs begin closing in.
Stars.
=>-Ricci Harnett.
=>-Terry Stone.
=>-Craig Fairbrass.
Director.
=>-Julian Gilbey.
Info.
=>-Genre : Action : Crime : Adventure.
=>-Release Date : 2007.
=>-Language : English.
=>-File Size : 1.69 GiB.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 783 Kbps.
=>-Movie Runtime : 2h 15mn.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1.
=>-Resolution : 1280 x 688.
=>-Bit rate : 1 666 Kbps.
Audio English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 channel Stereo.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 Kbps.
=>-Maximum bit rate : 228 Kbps.
Subtitles Softsubbed SubRip MicroDVD.
=>-English.
