About
Guy Ritchie’s 2008 return to British gangster cinema after his Hollywood detour, set in a London being remade by Russian money.
Cast crossovers with ROTF
- Geoff Bell appears. Plays Jonny Knight in Rise of the Footsoldier: Vengeance.
- Tamer Hassan appears. Plays Colonel Sullivan in Rise of the Footsoldier: Ibiza.
- Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, Mark Strong.
How it relates
Released the year after the original Rise of the Footsoldier, contemporary with the broader Britflick gangland boom that ROTF rode on. Same casting pool, broader canvas.