用主人公卡尔顿的旁白叙述他从1975年到1996年之间的成长,影片显得非常嘈杂,血腥,有足球流氓在桥下及两列火车车厢内的暴打成团,也有女二点和男三点。影片有雄性肌肉,毒品,杀人,也有回忆少年时的仇恨。些地方腔的英式发音,变态写实的裸女在病房在林肯房车内陪那些暴徒们吸毒。影片倒叙插叙了两种假设和一种再现展示托尼等三人在Ranger Rover车内被乾掉场景,影片只出现过三幕人生有美好的地方,一处遍地是紫色小花的地方,还有主人公结婚及育仔的画面。Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country.