''The Rise'' (titled ''Wasteland'' in North America) is a 2012 British

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starring

Luke Treadaway Luke Antony Newman Treadaway''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (born 10 September 1984) is a British actor and singer. He won an Olivier Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Christ ...

and

Timothy Spall Timothy Leonard Spall (born 27 February 1957) is an English actor and presenter. He became a household name in the UK after appearing as Barry Spencer Taylor in the 1983 ITV comedy-drama series ''Auf Wiedersehen, Pet''. Spall performed in '' S ...

with a revenge theme.

Plot

The film opens with DI West (Spall) interviewing Harvey Miller (Treadaway) who had been framed by a gangster called Roper. In flashback we are shown how Harvey, 6 weeks earlier, had been released from prison where he had used information heard in prison to plan his revenge on Roper. Harvey tells how he has planned and executed his revenge using his friends. He reveals details of the failed revenge, a robbery, to West. West reminds Miller of a

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match during which a player of a similar description to Miller's, was "let down by his team". There is insufficient evidence to charge Harvey. West leaves the room, the interview tape recording having been stopped. When he returns and Harvey has left, he finds that Harvey has recorded on the tape the actual details of the robbery during which he successfully took his revenge on Roper. Harvey is relying on West to let him succeed by ignoring the recording and letting leave the country with his friends.

Production

The Rise was filmed in and around Leeds. There were many contributors to the production of the film. The opening credits state: *Bankside Films (A Head Gear Films Company) *Lipsync Productions *MoliFilms *MoliFilms presents *In participation with Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology *In association with LipSync Productions, Woodleigh Pictures, Bankside Films, Limelight CTL and Hook Pictures *A Mischief Films and Moll-Mischief Production About his part as Dodd, Matthew Lewis, in his interview by the ''

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'' said; "The character of Dodd was really fun for me to play. He is the biggest of all of his mates and very loyal. He’s on the front line but isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer."

Cast

as Harvey Miller *

Iwan Rheon Iwan Rheon (, ; born 13 May 1985) is a Welsh actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Simon Bellamy in the E4 series ''Misfits'', Ramsay Bolton in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', and Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars ...

as Dempsey *

Gerard Kearns Gerard Kearns (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor. He is best known as Ian Gallagher in '' Shameless''. Career Kearns starred in the film '' The Mark of Cain'', for Film4 Productions, based on British soldiers' abuse of Iraqi prisoner ...

as Charlie * Matthew Lewis as Dodd *

Neil Maskell Neil Maskell (born 1976) is an English actor, writer and director who is known for his appearances in British crime and horror films such as '' The Football Factory'' and ''Kill List''. Early life Maskell was born in London. As a youth, he pl ...

as Roper *

Vanessa Kirby Vanessa Nuala Kirby (born 18 April 1988) is an English actress. She has received several accolades, including a BAFTA TV Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in London to urologist Roger Kirb ...

as Nicola *

as DI West * Paul Clayton as Albert *Lewis Rainer as PC Nixon *Brad Moore as Sgt Kendon *Gary Cargill as Liverpudlian inmate *Malcolm Rider as Stan

Reception

Allan Hunter, writing for ''Express.co.uk'' described the film as "a smart little British thriller" with a "lousy title". Simon Crook, in ''empireonline.com'' wrote that "there’s a fresh Angry Young Man feel to this botched-heist thriller" and "It may not be immune to the odd Brit thriller cliché, but this is an assured, stylish heist thriller from the debut filmmaker." According to Ben Sachs, in ''Chicago Reader''; "This British heist picture is familiar but energetic genre filmmaking, more interesting in its particulars than in its overall conception".

Critical reviews

, the film holds a 60% approval rating on

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, based on 25 reviews with an average score of 5.39/10.

References

External links

The Rise at IMDBThe Rise on YouTube''The Rise'' on Molifilms
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