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'''''Rise of the Footsoldier''''' is a British [[crime film|crime]] and [[gangster film]] series written and directed by [[Julian Gilbey|Julian Gilbey]], Will Gilbey, [[Ricci Harnett|Ricci Harnett]], Zackary Adler, Andrew Loveday and [[Nick Nevern|Nick Nevern]], distributed by [[Optimum Releasing]]. The franchise and its first two films are based on true events featured in the autobiography of [[Inter City Firm]] hooligan turned gangster [[Carlton Leach]] ([[Ricci Harnett]]) before later films focus on the lives of drug dealers Pat Tate ([[Craig Fairbrass]]) and Tony Tucker ([[Terry Stone]]) who were gunned down in the [[Rettendon murders]] in 1995.
The first film '''''Rise of the Footsoldier''''' released on 7 September 2007 and grossed £220,868, it was the third production from [[BAFTA Award]]-nominated director Julian Gilbey, it is based on the autobiography of Leach who had risen from a football hooligan to becoming a bouncer, hired muscle and later part of the [[Essex]] firm of the 1990s and his involvement with Pat Tate and Tony Tucker.<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1-904034-48-3|title = Muscle|last1 = Leach|first1 = Carlton|year = 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rise of the Footsoldier|work=[[BBC Online]]|author=Chambers, Catherine |date=2 September 2007|access-date=18 September 2014| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/09/03/rise_of_the_footsoldier_2007_review.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rise of the Footsoldier|work=[[Telegraph Online]]|author=Gritten, David |date=7 September 2007|access-date=18 September 2014| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3667731/Film-reviews-Rise-of-the-Footsoldier-Reprise-and-more.html}}</ref> The sequel '''''Rise of the Footsoldier, Part II: Reign of the General''''' released in 2015 followed Leach in the aftermath of murders, whilst '''''Rise of the Footsoldier: The Pat Tate Story''''' (2017), '''''Rise of the Footsoldier: Marbella''''' (2019) and
==Films==
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