Really enjoyed it


I'm over people bagging australian movies all the time. Thought it was a pretty good effort compared to some other australian movies we've churned out in the past. Kwanten was very impressive, and see him going far.

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I don't think it was very good. Kwanten did all right, considering it was his first leading role(I think)in a film. But the movie in general is quite unrealistic(SPOILERS AHEAD). You would think that in a town of at least 2000 people someone would see something. So this guy armed and dangerous manages to walk unnoticed through the main street and walk into the police station and no one sees anything? Am I to believe that while Jimmy gets out of the car he left on top of the hill with the two hostages he just walks into town like that? No one sees anything? Where are the town folk? No one has a phone there, not even mobile? It looked like some sort of ghost town out of a western. Not only that, not until a long time into the film do we know that he's just after revenge, that he's not just some psychokiller. WHy not make him talk?, say something, address his offenders. He's basically the main character and he only says one sentence at the end of the movie. What were they thinking? And many more things, so 8 guys can't kill a guy straight even when they outnumber him?, a guy pointing a gun at him can't even get one straight? I don't know, it looked interesting at the beginning, but once the manhunt starts it looses its credibility. It could have been better.

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Those are all good points. Add to that some of the worst screen writing around, in terms of dialogue specifically, a plodding pace that goes nowhere slowly, a lack of character development, poor lighting/cinematography, and a annoying soundtrack/score, and this movie was a waste of time...


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He looks like the guy who does a striptease during a hockey match in "Slap Shot."

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