Rise of the Footsoldier 3 | Nasty British crime flick starring Craig Fairbrass

Rise of the Footsoldier 3 Craig Fairbrass Pat Tate — (Image credit: © 2017 Carnaby International Sa)

The Pat Tate story.

The notorious Rettendon Range Rover murders of 1995 continue to exert a lurid fascination for the makers of British gangster movies. More’s the pity. This repellently violent example, third and hopefully last in the Footsoldier series, stars Craig Fairbrass as drug-dealing Essex thug Pat Tate, one of the Rettendon victims. A ‘psychotic six foot four yeti’ (as one character describes him), he can’t open his mouth without dropping a hail of f-bombs and c-grenades, and spends most of his time stoving in the heads of fellow geezer crims. Nasty stuff.

Certificate 18. Runtime 99 mins. Director Zackary Adler

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Rise of the Footsoldier 3 available on DVD & Digital from Signature Entertainment.

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