The third in the endless FOOTSOLDIER series and it's another prequel showing what the small-time gangsters were up to prior to the infamous 'Essex Boys' range rover murders. The protagonist in this one is the brawny Craig Fairbrass, who doesn't speak his lines so much as spit them out with incessant profanity and a singular lack of wit all round. It's a film saddled with a terrible script, only slightly better than the second film in the series thanks to some minor roles for familiar faces from film and television, and lots of crunchy violence which is at least more entertaining than the woodenhead dialogue.

Films covers the life of gangster/drug dealer Pat Tate from 1988 to 1995. Pat (Craig Fairbrass) dealt drugs in South End Essex clubs and would strong arm anyone that got in the way. The film includes ample amount of fighting. Perhaps Pat's biggest problem was that he liked the product too much and would go into coke rages. Decent crime story. I like the sound track.

Guide: F-word, sex, nudity.

Remember how disappointed you were with the lack of violence in "Rise of the Footsoldier Part II"? Well, worry not my friend, because this next sequel is, if anything, more violent than over-the-top original. Heads and faces are smashed with hammers and fire extinguishers, skewered with broken bottles, and forced through plate glass windows. I lost count of the bludgeonings and stabbings in this movie.

This one focuses on the Craig Fairbrass character from the first "Footsoldier". He was one of the bigger psychopaths in that movie, but here, is humanised somewhat. He also looks quite a bit older, but can still play scary.

"Rise of the Footsoldier 3" also has less of a story than the first one, but it kept me engaged through its constant violence and central performances. I say check it out.