Previously titled WASTELAND when THN caught director Rowan Athale’s acclaimed British heist thriller at London’s International Film Festival almost a year ago (catch our review here). Now going by the moniker of THE RISE (although is did go by the original title for it’s limited Stateside release in July), the first UK quad has arrived for the twisted thriller starring Luke Treadawy, Matthew Lewis, Timothy Spall, Iwen Rheon, Vanessa Kirby, Gerard Kearns and Neil Maskell. Catch the gripping trailer by clicking the link!
Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Miller (Luke Treadaway) sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West (Timothy Spall) has no doubt in Harvey’s part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper. Denying everything, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust act that put him in there. We see his emotional reunion with his sibling-like best friends, and the immovable loyalty they have for one another. We see the rekindling of a lost love, a second chance for two people meant for each other. We see the ingenious planning of the ill-fated robbery, the amazing twist, the shocking outcome and the real driving force behind it – retribution. What unfolds is an exhilarating, moving and hilarious story of loyalty, jealousy, friendship, revenge and the pursuit of happiness.
THE RISE is released in limited cinemas and VOD from the 20th September and will hit DVD and Blu-ray on the 30th September.
Source: HeyUGuys
