Waste of time

Just perfect...

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

I'm not sure what most of the other reviewers watched, but it must've been a different film to the one i saw. Either that or they were sniffing the same stuff as the main character did for most of the film! This was one of the worst films i have ever seen. Everything about it was garbage. Avoid like the plague.

The life of underworld icon Carlton Leach. Rise of the Footsoldier Part II is even worse than the Original on all ways, it's even more boring than the first, the acting is even worse and above all the characters are terrible and the word 'F*ck' i think i heard it about 100 times every 2 seconds and above all there was the same things once again that the first one had which is sex, drugs and people getting punched in the face also it tries hard to become a Trilogy of films like it's the Next 'Godfather' or something along those lines and it fails on all levels that a right movie Franchise would never do if it had a talented cast or a good script. (0/10)

Review: I really wasn't expecting that much from this film, especially when I saw that it had something to do with the Rettendon killings but it actually turned out to be quite entertaining. The raw, intense and gritty storyline was, surprisingly, quite gripping and the Essex backdrop was put together well. The violence, sex and foul language did go a bit over the top but that was expected from this English, gangster type movie, which was based in Essex, at a time when the Rettendon murders were still in people's minds. All of the actors put in a decent performance, and they made the movie seem extremely real but the person that I was most impressed with was Ricci Harnett (Carlton Leach), who was pretty brutal and unlikable at the beginning but he found some redemption towards the end. When Carlton finally decides to "Knock It On The Head", to live the quiet life with his family, he is pushed to limit and his past catches up with him, so I would like to see a 3rd instalment, to finally see if he has turned his bad ways, to the good. The only downfall about this film is that there are a lot of movies in this genre which, are the same in many ways but I still stayed interested throughout, and I found it quite enjoyable. Round-Up: This movie was also directed by Ricci Harnett, who played the leading role, so he really did give this project his all. The London born actor/writer/director has also starred in movies like 28 Days Later, Vendetta starring Danny Dyer, Top Dog, the impressive Ill Manors, the Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan, and some TV series like the Bill, Buried and Dubplate Drama. He also starred in the first instalment of this movie, so he wasn't new to the project. Anyway, for his directorial debut, I personally think that he done a good job with this movie and his acting was top form but it would be good to see him tackle another genre, because this one has been done to death.I recommend this movie to people who are into their crime movies starring Ricci Harnett, Steven Berkoff, Luke Mably, Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone and Tygo Gernandt. 4/10

Rise of the footsoldier(the original) I saw 3 times. NOT because it was good, but because I ABSOLUTELY FORGET I had seen it and slogged my way though it again 'hoping' it would redeem itself by the end. It did not. None of the 3 times. (How the heck it got a 7+ rating I have no clue) This one was worse, I could NOT finish it so I guess my rating is not totally fair (I Just could NOT finish, about 1/2 way though I decided to spend the extra time watching something 'interesting') SO while I have no 'right' to rate it, I CAN say 'the first half' of the movie is boring as hell, at least Rise of the Footsolider(2007) had a LOT of violence to keep one watching, this one was just... BORING.IMO a 4 is generous, and am only giving it such a high score because I did NOT finish it.