Rise of the Footsoldier Limited Extreme Extended Edition - Steelbook (Blu-ray + DVD)

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The movie says it gives the spectator an inside view of the British criminal underclass, more in particular the Essex underclass. Football-hooligans, steroids, cocaine, heroine and violence, lots and lots of violence. Violence resulting from paranoia and fear in general. In this movie no-one seems to use his (or her) brain, we're looking at a bunch of animals in clothes. Like I said, there is not much of a plot and the storytelling leaves a lot to be desired. a b "Winners at the 4th annual National Film Awards UK 2019". National Film Awards . Retrieved 29 March 2018. a b "Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II Awards". IMDb (index only). 5 April 2016 . Retrieved 5 September 2023. Chambers, Catherine (2 September 2007). "Rise of the Footsoldier". BBC Online . Retrieved 18 September 2014.

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The new Extreme Edition also comes with special features including interviews with the director and Carlton Leach. One of the most interesting is the new commentary done for the cut with Julian Gilbey and Terry Stone which gives an insight into what has changed between versions and lots of reminiscing of the making of the film. For people interested into film making Gilbey talks quite in depth about how he re-edited the new cut to improve the action scenes. RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER II was one of the most eagerly awaited British Gangster film sequels in years, it’s more grown up and certainly much darker than the first film, visually it looks stunning and lovers of the British Gangster film genre will love it. If I was to say that Rise of the Footsoldieris quite an obnoxious film it would probably sound negative but in truth it’s not. Especially in this Extreme Extended Edition we are given a version of events that is high on the violence quota, high on the drugs and high on the sex. Watching the interview with director and co-writer Julian Gilbey you understand that this was the point he was trying to bring across though, that we see the events from the perspective of people who weren’t nice, these are not anti-heroes, they are often psychotic, violent and many times their actions are fuelled by heavy drug use in the form of not only the likes of cocaine but steroids. It’s an in your face style where these people don’t care what anybody thinks of them they take what they want and if they don’t get it people will end up either badly beaten or dead. The very nature of the story makes it believable that this was what led to the violence that befell the Essex Boys in the end, as the saying goes “you reap what you sow”. It should be noted of course that this is only one interpretation of the events, it is in the end a fictional account. Rise Of The Footsoldier Origins: The story behind cult Essex films spawned by notorious triple gangland murder". Sky News . Retrieved 19 April 2022. Gritten, David (7 September 2007). "Rise of the Footsoldier". Telegraph Online . Retrieved 18 September 2014.Rise of the Footsoldier Part II: Reign of the General Box Office". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 22 September 2023. Akinbola, Daniel (14 September 2023). "Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance (Film Review)". Filmhounds . Retrieved 19 September 2023. The British gangster movie Rise of the Footsoldier from 2007 was released in a Extreme Extended Cut on Blu-ray in 2012. The theatrical cut is available on DVD in the States and Britain but the extended cut is only available on Blu-ray in the UK. Director Julian Gilbey says the following in the commentary on the extended cut on Blu-ray:

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As of now, it is has not been confirmed whether Vengeance is intended to be the final film in the series.

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years ago Rise Of The Footsoldier was released redefining the British Gangster genre. Based on the true story of the brutal Rettendon triple murders in 1995, Rise Of The Footsoldier introduced viewers to the cut throat world of Essex organised crime. Now 5 years since it's release revisit the terraces of the east end with the new Limited Extreme Extended Edition Steelbook, featuring over 20 minutes of all new extreme footage and an all new commentary and interview with visionary Director Julian Gilbey.