PREVIEW: Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Craig Fairbrass (The Bank Job), Terry Stone (Once Upon a Time in London), Roland Manookian (The Football Factory), Billy Murray (Doghouse), Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), Josh Myers (Psychosis), Eddie Webber (Shifty), Conor Benn (Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella), Keith Allen (Eddie the Eagle), Bronson Webb (RocknRolla), Michelle Collins (Don’t Stop Dreaming), Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank), P. H. Moriarty (The Long Good Friday), Rachel Warren (Acres and Acres), Kirsty J. Curtis (The Festival), Tom Padley (Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich), Colin Newell (The London Firm)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nick Nevern (The Hooligan Factory), director, writer; Andrew Loveday (film debut), writer, producer; Terry Loveday (Beautiful Devils), Terry Stone (Anuvahood) and Richard Turner (The Messenger), producers; Ross Power (The Secret Philosophy), composer; Miguel Carmenes (film debut), cinematographer; David Cohen (Rebel of the Keys), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During the late 80s, Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker (Stone) becomes involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The popular Rise of the Footsoldier saga takes audiences all the way back to the late 1980s, for a brutally violent origin tale surrounding infamous drug dealer Tony Tucker.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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