...AND LEGEND SHAUN RYDER IS IN IT!
is a role Craig Fairbrass was born to play, and he grips the role between his teeth and does not let go.
It’s a towering performance that really cements Craig’s reputation as a screen hard man of the highest rank.
The rest of the cast is a veritable who’s who of the creme de la creme of Brit gangster film talent – with the likes of Terry Stone ( Bonded By Blood), Eddie Webber ( The Firm), Larry Lamb ( The Hatton Garden Job), Jamie Foreman ( Layer Cake), Josh Myers ( Bonded By Blood 2) and Billy Murray ( Essex Boys) shoving their lovely mugs onto the screen.
Brutal
There are also appearances from Big Brother sensation and bareknuckle fighter Paddy Doherty in his acting debut, and legendary Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder as a nasty piece of work called Mad Dog.
Zackary Adler – the man behind the hit The Rise of/ Fall of the Krays films – directs with energy and panache to spare, with stand- out set pieces including brutal showdowns, eye- popping orgies and prison bust- ups – just your average day in the life of an Essex gangster!
The movie is released in cinemas and on digital HD on November 3 from Signature Entertainment and Carnaby International.
To view the trailer go to www.riseofthefootsoldier.co.uk
You can also follow the film on Facebook by searching @ Riseofthefootsoldierfilm or on Twitter at @ FootsoldierFilm TALENT: Larry ROGUE: Terry YES folks, that’s right. It WAS Shaun Ryder you saw in the trailer!
The legendary Happy Mondays frontman – and former Sunday Sport columnist – plays a proper bad bastard called Mad Dog.
Back in 1991 when the Mondays were the biggest thing in British music, Shaun and his sidekick Bez – also a one- time Sport man – posed for this amazing snap with top- shelf legend Linzi Drew.
Happily, Shaun managed not to twist Linzi’s gorgeous melons! – Tim Vine