Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: David Michôd
Starring:
Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford
Running
time: 113 minutes
This
riveting Australian crime drama tells the story of J, a 17-year old boy whose
mom dies of a heroin overdose. Left by himself, he has to call upon his
estranged grandmother and she invites him to move in with her. The grandma is
the matriarch of a crime family that specializes in armed robberies. Her
grandson falls right in with the gang, but, once they start attracting too much
attention from the authorities and things start to go wrong, the young man will
have to decide where he stands.
It
took me a while to get into this one, because of the Aussie accents of the
actors, but the story managed to hook me. We go along for the ride as the young
man, J, moves along from one dysfunctional home to another. The acting is real
solid on everybody’s part and story is told in brilliant fashion. We are made
to care about what happens to these people.
The
last scene of the movie is definitely something to be seen. I won’t go into much
detail here, so as to not spoil anything, but I highly recommend sticking
around for the punch it throws at the viewer. I never saw it coming and I was
highly delighted, as I love it when a movie surprises me. Well done.
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