Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution

9/1/2026

“My father had a small farm on the outskirts of Yugoslavia…” Sadly that rather sums up the standard of the writing and just about everything else in this formulaic extension of the "Footsoldier" series. Now that "Kenny" (Josh Myers) really has ended up as butcher's meat, furious best mate "Tait" (Craig Fairbrass) has sworn vengeance on "Fisher" (Andrew Loveday) and his henchmen. That takes him, and "Sam" (Jamie Foreman) to Ibiza where they find themselves embroiled in a gun-running enterprise run by rogue Royal Marine colonel "Sullivan" (Tamer Hassan) with the help of his battle-scarred associate "Sergio" (Leo Gregory). It turns out that the Ibiza tourist board might have their legitimate cause for complaint too as not only are bodies piling up like last night's used condoms, the CIA (Ross

10/16/2026

This is an honest attempt at British action and sadly it falls apart. The execution is undercooked and under developed. The actors are big and burly and can pull off the action scenes, but the acting is just not engaging. You get bored unless there is some physicality on the screen and that's not what you want in your action movie. Sadly, it's not one to recommend.