Rise of the Footsoldier

[Machine Translation] The life of Britain's most feared real-life mobster, Carlton Leach, is brought to the screen! A hard-boiled action film depicting a life of violence with extreme violence! The film depicts the tumultuous life of Carlton Leach, a violent hooligan who spent his days drinking, having sex, and playing with his beloved soccer team West Ham, and rose to become the most powerful mafioso in the world. Carlton Leach is played by Rich Harnett (28 Days Later), who also starred in 28 Days Later. (28 Days Later) and co-stars Craig Fairbrass (The Bank Job). --The film is set in London in the late 1970s. Carlton Leech is the most ferocious and feared of a notorious group of hooligans known as the ICF (Inter City Farm) of West Ham, an English second division club based in the East End of the city. He spent his time drinking, having sex, and being violent with his mad love for West Ham. He married and had a child, but his "mistress", soccer, always dominated his mind. The year is 1983. Carlton receives a job offer. He was hired as a bouncer at a nightclub because he was rumored to be a man that even the local hoodlums feared. Carlton's reputation and credibility grew, and his business expanded to include drugs and drug dealing...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: original trailer and Japanese theatrical trailer

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イギリスで最も恐れられた実在のマフィア、カールトン・リーチの半生を映像化!! 暴力にまみれた人生を過激なバイオレンス描写で描いたハードボイルド・アクション! 酒とSEX、そして狂愛するサッカーチーム・ウエストハムと暴力に明け暮れる日々を送っていた凶暴なフーリガン、カールトン・リーチが、最強のマフィアへとのし上がる波乱に満ちた人生を描いた衝撃作。カールトン・リーチを演じるのは、『28日後...』のリッチ・ハーネット、共演は『バンク・ジョブ』のクレイグ・フェアブラス。――70年代後半のロンドン。イーストエンドの下町をホームタウンとするイングランド2部リーグのウエストハムのICF(インターシティ・ファーム)と呼ばれた悪名高いフーリガン集団の中で、最も凶暴と恐れられていたカールトン・リーチ。酒とSEX、そして狂愛するウエストハムと暴力に明け暮れ、結婚をして子供も授かったが、サッカーという"愛人"が常に彼の心を支配していた。時は流れて1983年。カールトンに仕事の依頼が舞い込んだ。地元のゴロツキも恐れる男との噂から、ナイトクラブの用心棒として雇われたのだ。そこで実績と信頼を築いていったカールトンは、事業を拡大し、ドラッグや麻薬取引にまで手を染めていく・・・。

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