Cast: Justin Salinger, Ella Smith, Patrick Romer, Joshua Millard-Lloyd, Deirdre Kelly, Andrew Ashton, Roscoe Cox, Michelle Bonnard, James Eeles, Sam Plant, Jacob Tuton with Tony Way and Sam Gittins
Cast:Angus Macfadyen, Anna Hutchison, Gabriel Bateman, Brandon Lessard, Talitha Bateman, Zach McGowan, Diarmuid Murtagh, Patrick Fugit, Nick Farnell, Will Carlson, Daniel Portman, Shane Coffey, Emma Kenney, Gianni Capaldi, Judah Nelson, Mhairi Calvey and Melora Walters with Jared Harris and Kevin McNally
Angus Macfadyen: Purge of Kingdoms, The Lost City of Z, Hirokin – The Last Samurai, We Bought a Zoo, Californication (TV), Saw IV, Saw III, Equilibrium, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Titus, Cradle Will Rock, Warriors of Virtue, Braveheart
Anna Hutchison: Purge of Kingdoms, The Cabin In The Woods, Power Rangers – Jungle Fury (TV), Shortland Street (TV)
Gabriel Bateman: Child’s Play (2019), Playmobil – The Movie (voice), American Gothic (TV), Lights Out, Annabelle
Talitha Bateman: Geostorm, Annabelle 2 – Creation, The 5th Wave
Zach McGowan: The Scorpion King 5 – Book of Souls, The Walking Dead (TV), Death Race 4 – Beyond Anarchy, The 100 (TV), Black Sails (TV), Dracula Untold, Shameless US (TV), Seal Team VI
Melora Walters: Short Term 12, Love Ranch, Big Love (TV), The Butterfly Effect, Cold Mountain, Matchstick Men, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Eraser, Cabin Boy, Roseanne (TV), Dead Poets Society
Jared Harris: Morbius, Carnival Row (TV), Chernobyl (TV), Certain Women, The Man from UNCLE, Allied, Poltergeist (2015), The Boxtrolls (voice), Pompeii, The Quiet Ones, The Mortal Instruments, Mad Men (TV), Sherlock Holmes 2 (2011), The Ward, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cashback, Lady In The Water, Notorious Bettie Page, Oceans 12 (2004), Resident Evil 2, Sylvia, Mr Deeds, Igby Goes Down, Perfume, B Monkey, Happiness, Lost In Space, Father’s Day, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dead Man, Blue In The Face, Smoke, Nadja, The Public Eye, Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Rachel Papers
Kevin McNally: Pirates of the Caribbean 5 – Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Man Who Knew Infinity,Legend (2015), The Mill (TV), Downton Abbey (TV), The Raven, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides, Dead Fish, Valkyrie, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 – At World’s End, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 – Dead Man’s Chest, Scoop, The Phantom of the Opera (2004), De-Lovely, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Curse of the Black Pearl, Johnny English, High Heels and Low Lifes, When The Sky Falls, Dad (TV), Entrapment, The Legend of 1900, Sliding Doors, Spice World, Cry Freedom, Dr Who (TV), The Long Good Friday, Poldark (1977) (TV)
Cast: Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Roland Manookian, Emily Wyatt, Andrew Loveday, Byron Gibson, Adam Saint, Conor Benn, David G Mahoney, Franky Lankester, Jessica Wright with Josh Myers and Nick Nevern
Well, I suppose you get what you asked for. It was clear even when Craig Fairbrass and chums made Rise of the Footsoldier 3 that this true-crime film series about the Essex Boys was running on low on Landrover fumes. Scraping the last of the dreggiest of dregs, this fourth installment even begins with a disclaimer that more or less confesses to being 100 % fictional – so we’re in the realms of fantasy like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer now. This is a blatant, cynical cash-in obvs. Oh well. I still bought it like a soppy mug.
The only thing ROTFS 4 has going for it, is that these films are relatively well made for low-budget brit-fare. But this is tired, lionising of super boring violent, drug dealers who love the C word, it seems that this is the USP- as the word is shouted, uttered, whispered in every other sentence. It must be a world record – well done. Aim low and it scores. There’s worse films out there about Pat Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe. It’s rather telling that despite the poor quality of this horrible, squalid, misogynistic gangster movie, it’s still head and sorry shoulders above the legions of other films that revolve around this thunderously dull true story.
2 out of 10 – Teletubbies Essex Boys style. Again, again!
Cast: Aiden Gillen, Conleth Hill, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Tommy Tiernan, Joanne Crawford, Senan Jennings, Ely Solan, Sam Hardy, Gareth O’Connor and Ian McElhinney with Pauline McLynn, Simon Day, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Robert Bathhurst
Aiden Gillen: Project Blue Book (TV), Peaky Blinders (TV), Bohemian Rhapsody, Maze Runner 3 – The Death Cure, Game Of Thrones (TV), Sing Street, King Arthur – Legend of the Sword, You’re Ugly Too, Maze Runner 2 – The Scorch Trials, Still,Calvary, Mister John, Shadow Dancer, Treacle Jr, The Dark Knight Rises, Blitz, Wake Wood, Twelve Rounds, The Wire (TV), Shanghai Knights, The Low Down, Queer As Folk (TV), My Kingdom, Some Mother’s Son, Mojo, Circle Of Friends
Conleth Hill: Official Secrets, The Isle, Dublin Murders (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), Serena, Suits (TV), Shooting For Socrates, Fishing In The Yemen, Perrier’s Bounty, Whatever Works
Joanne Crawford: We Have Always Lived In The Castle, Sacrfice
Ian McElhinney: Mrs Wilson (TV), Sacrifice, Bad Day For The Cut, The Journey, Star Wars – Rogue One, Ripper Street (TV), Game Of Thrones (TV), Titanic (TV), Borstal Boy, Divorcing Jack, The Boxer, This Is The Sea, Hamlet (1996), The Boy From Mercury, Small Faces, The Playboys, Anne Devlin
Pauline McLynn:Johnny English 3 – Strikes Again, The Secret Scripture, Noble, Eastenders (TV), Shameless (TV), Heidi (2005), Gypo, Iris, An Everlasting Piece, The Most Fertile Man In Ireland, When Brendan Met Trudy, Quills, Nora, Angela’s Ashes, Father Ted (TV)
Simon Day: Pennyworth (TV), The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (TV), Ethel & Ernest (voice), The Fast Show (TV), Pixelface (TV), Huge, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Grass (TV), The Heart of Me, Vic Reeve’s Big Night Out (TV)
Robert Bathurst: Cold Feet (TV), Toast of London (TV), Narcopolis, Absolutely Anything, Mrs Brown’s Boys – D’Movie, Downton Abbey (TV), Scoop, The Thief Lord, Heidi (2005), Twenty One, Whoops Apocalypse, The Lenny Henry Show (TV), Blackadder (TV)
Cast: Lee Bane, Dennis Farrin, Rahel Kapsaski, David Lenik, Brendan Purcell II, Paris Stangl, Peter Svatik, John R Walker, Jon Bard, Klemens Koehring and David Lyndon
Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Stephen Graham, Charlie Rowe, Steven Mackintosh, Gemma Jones, Tom Bennett, Matthew Illesley, Kit Connor, Ophelia Lovibond, Harriet Walter, Celinde Schoenmaker with Tate Donovan and Bryce Dallas Howard
Jamie Bell: Donnybrook, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool, 6 Days, Fantastic Four (2015), Snowpiercer, Nymphomaniac 2, Filth, Retreat, The Eagle, Jane Eyre (2011), Man On a Ledge, The Adventures of Tintin (mo-cap), Defiance, Jumper, Hallam Foe, Flags Of Our Fathers, King Kong (2004), Dear Wendy, Undertow, Nicholas Nickleby (2002), Deathwatch, Billy Elliott
Richard Madden: Bodyguard (TV), Ibiza, Electric Dreams, Bastille Day, Cinderella (2015), Game of Thrones (TV), Birdsong (TV), Chatroom
Charlie Rowe: Vanity Fair (TV), Walking With Dinosaurs 3D, Never Let Me Go
Steven Mackintosh: Wanderlust (TV), Modern Life Is Rubbish, Lucky Man (TV), Urban Hymn, Set Fire To The Stars, Robot Overlords, Gold (2014), Kick Ass 2, The Sweeney,Elfie Hopkins, Luther (TV), The Escapist, Underworld 3 – Rise of the Lycans, Underworld 2 – Evolution, Land Girls, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, House Of America, The Grotesque, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Blue Juice, Princess Caraboo, The Buddha Of Suburbia (TV), London Kills Me
Gemma Jones: Patrick, God’s Own Country, Bridget Jones 3 – Bridget Jones Baby, Radiator, Last Tango In Halifax (TV), Marvellous, Merlin (TV), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2, Hysteria, Forget Me Not, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Bridget Jones 2, Shanghai Knights, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Bridget Jones, Captain Jack, The Winslow Boy, The Theory of Flight, Wilde, Sense and Sensibility, Feast of July, On The Black Hill, Paperhouse, The Devilsand Sensibility, Feast of July, On The Black Hill, Paperhouse, The Devils
Tate Donovan: The Upside, The Man In The High Castle (TV), Elvis & Nixon, Manchester by the Sea, Masters of Sex (TV), 24 (TV), Argo, Wild About Harry, Nancy Drew, Shooter, The OC (TV), Good Night and Good Luck, The Pacifier, Friends (TV), Ally McBeal (TV), Murder at 1600, Holy Matrimony, Ethan Frome, Love Potion No.9, Equinox, Memphis Belle, Clean & Sober, Space Camp
Bryce Dallas Howard: Jurassic World 3, A Dog’s Way Home (voice), Jurassic World 2 – Fallen Kingdom, Gold (2016), Black Mirror (TV), Pete’s Dragon, Jurassic World, 50/50, The Help, Hereafter, Twilight 3 – Equinox, Terminator 4 – Salvation, Spider Man 3, As You Like It (2006), The Lady In The Water, Manderlay, The Village, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Cast: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony Curran, Ian Pirie, Kate Bracken, Cameron Jack, Conor McCarron, Kitty Lovett, George Anton, Therese Bradley, Gordon Brown and Cal MacAninch
Tony Curran: Ray Donavan (TV), Outlaw King, Eat Locals, Race, Awaiting, Mary Queen of Scots (2014), Marvellous, Thor 2 – The Dark World, In The Dark Half,The Veteran, The Adventures of Tintin (voice), X Men – First Class, Red Road, Underworld 2 – Evolution, The Good German, Ondine, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Ultimate Force (TV), Blade 2, This Life (TV), Captives
Cal MacAninch: Scott & Bailey (TV), Banished (TV), Mr Selfridge (TV), Downton Abbey (TV),The Awakening, Screwed (2011), Doomsday, Dear Frankie, The Lost Son, The Woodlanders
Cast: Jean-Paul Ly, Rosanna Hoult, Doug Allen, Nicky Evans, Adam McNab, Richard Sandling, Nicholas Aaron, Kaitlyn Riordan, Mica Proctor, Karanja Yorke, Hung Dante Dong, Marcus Shakesheff, Richard Corgan, Craig Russell, Phil Deguara, Daisy Aitkens, James Groom and Ben Shafik with Philip Barantini and Wendy Glenn
Director: Trevor Nunn (Twelfth Night (1996) / Lady Jane)
Cast: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Teresa Srbova, Freddie Gaminara, Stephen Boxer, Robin Soans, Laurence Spellman and Nina Sosanya
Judi Dench: Artemis Fowl, All Is True, Tulip Fever, Nothing Like a Dame (doc), Murder On The Orient Express (2017), Victoria and Abdul, Miss Peregrine’s School For Peculiar Children, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Philomena, Run For Your Wife,James Bond – Skyfall, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, J. Edgar, My Week With Marilyn, Jane Eyre (2011), Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 – On Stranger Tides, Nine, Notes On A Scandal, James Bond – Quantum Of Solace, Mrs Henderson Presents, Pride & Prejudice (2005), Ladies In Lavender, James Bond – Casino Royale, The Chronicles Of Riddick, The Importance Of Being Earnest, The Shipping News, Iris, James Bond – Die Another Day, Chocolat, Tea With Mussolini, James Bond – The World Is Not Enough, Shakespeare In Love, James Bond – Tomorrow Never Dies, Hamlet (1995), Mrs Brown, James Bond – Golden Eye, Jack & Sarah, Henry V (1989), A Handful Of Dust, 84 Charing Cross Road, A Room With a View
Ben Miles:Woman In Gold, Ninja Assassin, Speed Racer, Lark Rise to Candleford (TV), V for Vendetta, Imagine Me & You, The Forsyte Sage (TV), The Affair of the Necklace, Cold Feet (TV), Getting It Right
Nina Sosanya:Juliet Naked, W1A (TV), David Brent – Life On The Road, Last Tango In Halifax (TV), Wizards vs. Aliens (TV), Silk (TV), Dr Who (TV), Nathan Barley (TV), Code 46, Teachers (TV)
RISE OF THE ZOMBIE HOOLIGAN FILMS 