Rise of a footsoldier

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avinalarf

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6,438 posts

141 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Watched this last night,very violent and gratuitous,lots of naked ladies,what's not to like.
Was the football violence really as vicious as portrayed,hammers and machetes ?
I remember the murder case of the 3 guys.

andymc

7,334 posts

206 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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They're all the usual cockney governors, lovely to their mums etc etc

vixen1700

22,671 posts

269 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Watched it a few years back and thought it was pretty horrible film about pretty horrible people.

The Don of Croy

5,977 posts

158 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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Is that the film with 'Physique' (character from TV 'London's Burning') kicking off in the Little Chef - and later in Pizza Hut?

Funniest thing I've seen for ages.

As for the thuggery - apparently well documented. Treatment and F Troop had quite a reputation in the seventies, followed by the InterCity Crew in the eighties iirc.

There's a couple of films about the Rettendon Murders - this being one of them.

avinalarf

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6,438 posts

141 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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The Don of Croy said:
Is that the film with 'Physique' (character from TV 'London's Burning') kicking off in the Little Chef - and later in Pizza Hut?

Funniest thing I've seen for ages.

As for the thuggery - apparently well documented. Treatment and F Troop had quite a reputation in the seventies, followed by the InterCity Crew in the eighties iirc.

There's a couple of films about the Rettendon Murders - this being one of them.
Yes ....it was rather strange seeing old faces from the TV "soaps" playing in these roles of extreme violence.
Spoilt it a bit for me as I found difficulty divorcing them from the rather more "gentle" roles and persona they played on TV.
A bit like Vin Diesel playing the role of Dougal in Father Ted.

Re. The football violence .....I knew about that but I imagined it to be more in the nature of a "good old fashioned ruck"rather than the hammer and machete wielding nutters portrayed.


Edited by avinalarf on Friday 3rd July 14:38

m444ttb

3,160 posts

228 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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This film is garbage yet for reasons i dont understand i own a copy on DVD and enjoy watching it. It's the one film guaranteed to make my wife roll her eyes if i put it on though.

My understanding is that Carlton may have embellished certain things in his book (but most who give an opinion seem to dislike the guy) and in turn things were changed to produce a film script. I thought the axe to the head on the tube happened though. Not sure about all the stuff with the Turkish mob etc though.

griffin dai

3,194 posts

148 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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I enjoyed it. Big tits and an Uzi.

All you need to make Griffin Dai's Day smile

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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vixen1700 said:
Watched it a few years back and thought it was pretty horrible film about pretty horrible people.
This, karma in spades.