10 great Australian crime films

6 Responses

1. Dave Riley | April 13, 2018 at 1:40 pm | Reply

   No “Dirty Deeds”?

2. Andrew Nette | April 13, 2018 at 3:03 pm | Reply

   Ha!
   While I appreciate Bryan Brown in pretty much anything, that film doesn’t even come close to being in my top 10.
   Nice of you to drop in. Have not heard from you for a while. Hope you are well.
   Andrew

3. Roger | April 13, 2018 at 9:33 pm | Reply

   SPOILER AHEAD

   James Frecheville’s passivity in Animal Kingdom makes him all the more effective in the part. For nearly all of the film we see someone struggling to fit into a terrifying world he cannot understand and at the end we realise he has quietly become an apex predator.

   • Andrew Nette | April 14, 2018 at 10:27 am | Reply

     Roger,
     I agree with you that somehow Frecheville’s on screen passivity does sort of work in terms of helping to depict a young man who is hopelessly out of his depth in the middle of a brutal criminal family. I can’t help but wonder, however, how better the film would’ve been if Michod had actually got someone with acting chops to play his role.
     Andrew

4. Matthew | June 11, 2018 at 6:35 pm | Reply

   Thanks Andrew for again highlighting stuff that’s managed to fly under my radar: hadn’t realised there WAS a sequel to the excellent ‘Mystery Road’, will have to check it out soon.

   Also, ‘Heatwave’: a vivid, truly haunting film I can’t praise enough and one that’s become a firm favourite thanks to my reading about it on your website some years ago. You wouldn’t guess Philip Noyce could make something this good based on his U.S work.

5. Alex P Smith | August 23, 2018 at 5:19 am | Reply

   I Don’t Like Animal Kingdom Everyone Being So Dumb Or Dumbed Down, Money Movers Is Great, Haven’t Seen Heatwave But I’m On It…. Best Regards SHOTCALL Film Productions.
   I Must Say Russell Crowe Was Good In The Jap Tourist One & Malcom Is A Classic….

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