In Melbourne, 1983, TV repairman Ray Jenkins was apprehended by airport customs on suspicion of drug trafficking while travelling back to Australia from Bangkok. After refusing an x-ray and cavity search, Ray was kept under police surveillance for seven days at a nearby hotel while they waited for him to emit the (supposedly) smuggled
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- 2/22/2016
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Title: The Mule XLrator Media Director: Tony Mahony, Angus Sampson Writers: Jaime Browne, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell Cast: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell, Ewen Leslie, Georgina Haig, Noni Hazlehurst, and John Noble Running time: 103 min, Unrated (Violence, language) In Theaters, VOD And iTUNES: November 21, 2014 Based on true events. In 1983 a naive man named Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) who still lives at home with his parents, travels to Thailand with his soccer team. Ray’s friend Gavin (Leigh Whannell) whom is in a bit of trouble with drug dealer Pat Shepherd (John Noble), convinces Ray to take the task of swallowing 20 condoms filled with heroin and [ Read More ]
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- 12/3/2014
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Mother, Jugs, and Laxatives: Sampson and Mahony’s Curious Exploration of Strange Case
Based on its poster and other marketing materials for Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s directorial debut, The Mule, one would assume the film would be a zany, goofily comedic treatment of its ‘based on a true story’ crime from the early 80’s. Surprisingly, the film is much more sobering than that, as well as nicely shot and performed, imbued with a pedigree hardly evident in the materials being used to draw an audience in to a film starring a trio of known Austrialian names, including Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson (writer and co-star of Insidious) as well as Hugo Weaving. That said, Mahony and Sampson don’t structure the film advantageously, lumping us right away into the dramatic thrust before plateauing into a countdown hinged on its protagonist’s bowel movement.
In 1983 Melbourne, Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson...
Based on its poster and other marketing materials for Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s directorial debut, The Mule, one would assume the film would be a zany, goofily comedic treatment of its ‘based on a true story’ crime from the early 80’s. Surprisingly, the film is much more sobering than that, as well as nicely shot and performed, imbued with a pedigree hardly evident in the materials being used to draw an audience in to a film starring a trio of known Austrialian names, including Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson (writer and co-star of Insidious) as well as Hugo Weaving. That said, Mahony and Sampson don’t structure the film advantageously, lumping us right away into the dramatic thrust before plateauing into a countdown hinged on its protagonist’s bowel movement.
In 1983 Melbourne, Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson...
- 11/24/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Perhaps it's fitting that a crime drama about constipation should take so long to get going. Directors Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson's tense true-life Australian drug-trafficking ick-out The Mule opens with a sweaty Ray Jenkins (Sampson) dropping trou and spreading for airport security, his face straining for a blithe cluelessness -- he's clearly trying to playact he has no idea why he's being asked to do this. Then the movie doubles back to days before, to the events that led to this, a wearying J. J. Abramsian editing technique that dumps us into a story at its high point but in this case leaves audiences wondering, “Wait, the excitement this is all building to is a cavity search?”
So, yes, The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might b...
So, yes, The Mule proves a tough sit, but by the end you might b...
- 11/19/2014
- Village Voice
Aussie crime flick The Mule will be available on VOD and iTunes, and in select theaters, on November 21. It is the directorial debut from Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson. Sampson (the Insidious films and 100 Bloody Acres) also wrote the script with co-star Leigh Whannell and stars as Ray Jenkins, the titular character in the film. We have an exclusive clip to share with you. Jenkins is being led to a hotel room by the authorities (Hugo Weaving and Ewen Leslie) and the voice-over explains his rights to him. All everyone has to do now is wait for Jenkins to visit the little boy's room. It's 1983. A naive man with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach is detained by Australian Federal Police. Alone and afraid, 'the...
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- 11/3/2014
- Screen Anarchy
‘The Mule’s title character is withholding important evidence about his unsuspecting involvement in his local Australian drug trade in the trailer for the upcoming crime thriller. Co-writer, co-director and lead star Angus Sampson stars as Ray Jenkins, a seemingly naive and innocent man whose sole talent is repairing electrical appliances at the local repair shop. He inadvertently becomes a mule for local Melbourne dealer, Pat (John Noble), as his stepfather owes him a large sum of money. Sampson reunited with his ‘Insidious’ series co-star, Leigh Whannell, to co-scribe ‘The Mule,’ along with Jaime Browne. The director also teamed with Tony Mahony to co-helm the thriller together. Besides Sampson, Whannell and [ Read More ]
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- 10/31/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Aussie drug flick The Mule is heading our way with a belly full of narcs, ready to corrupt our eyeballs at the London Film Festival over the next fortnight. Here’s an identity parade’s worth of character posters depicting the film’s cast of n’er-do-wells. See if you can spot the one who used to be Elrond, looking much more likely to bust a villain’s head with a phone directory than exude serene elfish vibes. Set in 1983, The Mule follows benighted drug smuggler Ray Jenkins (Angus Sampson) as he returns to Australia from a footie club trip to Thailand with heroin secreted inside his person. He’s been persuaded/duped into this by his teammate Gavin (Saw star/writer Leigh Whannell).Like Maria Full Of Grace, the consequences are grave; unlike that Columbian-set art houser, they promise resin-black laughs as coppers Hugo Weaving and Ewen Leslie keep...
- 10/9/2014
- EmpireOnline
"Do something with this shitty life of yours before it's too late!" Damn this looks good. We've been waiting ages to see a trailer for this Australian film called The Mule, about a drug mule who gets into the wrong shit. Angus Sampson (who also co-wrote and co-directs this film) plays Ray Jenkins, who ingests a bag of drugs while in Thailand and attempts to enter Australia. He's caught, but it's not necessarily by the police, with everyone coming after him as soon as he arrives. Hugo Weaving and Leigh Whannell co-star, along with John Noble. This looks great, like a dark comedy with some crazy fun times, I'm looking forward to it. The quotes are the worst part about this trailer, but all the footage and Weaving's mustache looks awesome. Here's the first full trailer for Angus Sampson & Tony Mahony's The Mule, on YouTube (via The Playlist):...
- 10/1/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Being a horror fan, talking to Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson is a bit of a nerd out. Getting to stand there and shoot the proverbial shit with Specs and Tucker, Whannell of course penning movies like Insidious and Saw himself, was pretty awesome – but our creative team wasn’t in Austin, Texas for this year’s South by Southwest festival to discuss upcoming horror.
Getting away from Whannell’s typical genre pieces, and pushing Angus into the leading man limelight, our dynamic duo were there promoting their new Australian crime thriller The Mule. Nope, this isn’t a movie about a terrifying burro of sorts, but instead a narcotic nightmare full of constipation – strap in.
Sampson plays Ray Jenkins, a hesitant drug mule busted as he’s only moments away from freedom. After being handed over to detectives Croft (Hugo Weaving) and Paris (Ewen Leslie), Ray is forced to...
Getting away from Whannell’s typical genre pieces, and pushing Angus into the leading man limelight, our dynamic duo were there promoting their new Australian crime thriller The Mule. Nope, this isn’t a movie about a terrifying burro of sorts, but instead a narcotic nightmare full of constipation – strap in.
Sampson plays Ray Jenkins, a hesitant drug mule busted as he’s only moments away from freedom. After being handed over to detectives Croft (Hugo Weaving) and Paris (Ewen Leslie), Ray is forced to...
- 3/20/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The new Australian film The Mule is not a horror film -- although, yeah, I bet we'd all love to see a flick about a man-eating, rabid mule. Nor is The Mule exactly a suspense movie or a "thriller" in a traditional sense. So why are we reviewing it at Fearnet? Well, here's the plot:
A sad-sack loser stupidly decides to transport a lot of heroin (in his stomach) from Bangkok to Australia, only he gets caught at the airport and held as a suspect. Law of the land dictates that Ray Jenkins can only be held for seven days, so that's good news, right? The bad news should be obvious: have you ever tried to "hold it in" for seven days? And that's just normal food. One can only assume that 20 condoms filled with heroin would be in an even bigger rush to leave one's belly. Set in early '80s Australia and,...
A sad-sack loser stupidly decides to transport a lot of heroin (in his stomach) from Bangkok to Australia, only he gets caught at the airport and held as a suspect. Law of the land dictates that Ray Jenkins can only be held for seven days, so that's good news, right? The bad news should be obvious: have you ever tried to "hold it in" for seven days? And that's just normal food. One can only assume that 20 condoms filled with heroin would be in an even bigger rush to leave one's belly. Set in early '80s Australia and,...
- 3/18/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
The Mule – a highly uncomfortable, sometimes stomach-churning watch not about an animal, but a drug smuggler detained for days on end with a gut full of cocaine filled condoms. Written by Saw scribe Leigh Whannell and his buddy Angus Sampson (Tucker from Insidious), this may sound like Whannell’s typical horror scripting, maybe having the mule turn into some crazed zombie after the cocaine invades his system (movie idea?), but audiences instead observe the dramatic, yet darkly comedic story of one man’s marathon “prairie dogging” run. Our nefarious duo create a criminal period piece oozing new-wave tunes popular with the culture and time, offending viewer’s senses with bodily gross outs that some might find off-putting – but as an adaptation of truths, The Mule surprisingly delights.
Angus Sampson plays Ray Jenkins, a club baller who lives a simple, almost sheltered life at home. After winning a yearly award, his...
Angus Sampson plays Ray Jenkins, a club baller who lives a simple, almost sheltered life at home. After winning a yearly award, his...
- 3/14/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
As the South by Southwest Film Festival starts to wind down with just a couple more days to go, ComingSoon.net has another interview to share, this time with the creators and stars of The Mule , an Australian crime-comedy based on true events, which reunites long-time friends, Saw and Insidious co-creator Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson. Sampson co-wrote, co-directed and stars as Ray Jenkins, a local Melbourne football hero who is enlisted by a crime boss to smuggle drugs from Thailand back to Australia inside of himself. When he's caught at customs, Ray refuses to "release" the evidence or admit he's even carrying any drugs, so he's taken into custody until he talks or defecates. Whannell, who co-wrote the script, plays Gavin, Ray's best friend but also the guy...
- 3/13/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson’s The Mule is one of 18 productions to receive funding from Film Victoria.
Whannell and Sampson are co-writing and co-producing the black comedy with Paul Clarke and Tony Mahony directing.
Whannell is one of the creators of the Saw horror film series. Sampson was cast in the recent telemovie Beaconsfield as well as Insidious and is currently on Andrew Denton’s Randling.
The Synopsis: “Ray Jenkins, an unlikely drug mule from Sunshine, Victoria, takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control – holding on!”
Accompanying The Mule, Film Victoria has announced investment of $3m across documentaries, drama series, children’s television and feature films.
Jeni Tosi, CEO of Film Victoria said: “Funding from this round is also supporting the move of both early and mid-career talents into producing and directing on major productions which consolidates the ongoing benefit...
Whannell and Sampson are co-writing and co-producing the black comedy with Paul Clarke and Tony Mahony directing.
Whannell is one of the creators of the Saw horror film series. Sampson was cast in the recent telemovie Beaconsfield as well as Insidious and is currently on Andrew Denton’s Randling.
The Synopsis: “Ray Jenkins, an unlikely drug mule from Sunshine, Victoria, takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control – holding on!”
Accompanying The Mule, Film Victoria has announced investment of $3m across documentaries, drama series, children’s television and feature films.
Jeni Tosi, CEO of Film Victoria said: “Funding from this round is also supporting the move of both early and mid-career talents into producing and directing on major productions which consolidates the ongoing benefit...
- 5/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Though Saw co-creator Leigh Whannell will always be most strongly associated with the horror community there is also a streak of dark comedy running through almost all of his work. And he will be indulging in that urge fully with upcoming effort The Mule.Whannell will star in the project which he is also co-writing and co-producing with Angus Sampson with director Tony Mahony making his feature debut.Whannell will play "unlikely drug mule Ray Jenkins, from Victoria, who takes on all the authority figures in his life using the only option within his control - holding on." Yes, it's a comedy about drugs, crime and - if I'm reading that right - fighting the urge to defecate.The Mule has just received production support from Screen...
- 12/6/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Screen Australia has announced $17m investment across 14 projects including feature films and both adult and children’s television.
The investment is expected to trigger $97m in production.
The list of productions include: black comedy The Mule by co-writers/co-producers Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson with direction from Tony Mahony about a drug mule caught by authorities and Antony I Ginnane’s remake of Patrick, directed by Not Quite Hollywood’s Mark Hartley.
Also on the list is The Grandmothers, written by Christopher Hampton (A Dangerous Method) and director Anne Fontaine (Coco Avant Chanel) and starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in the adaptation of Doris Lessing’s novel.
For TV, the telemovie Underground by Matchbox Pictures, written and directed by Robert Connolly tells the story of a teenage Julian Assange hacking computer systems; and two TV productions by John Edwards Southern Star, a serialised version of...
The investment is expected to trigger $97m in production.
The list of productions include: black comedy The Mule by co-writers/co-producers Leigh Whannell and Angus Sampson with direction from Tony Mahony about a drug mule caught by authorities and Antony I Ginnane’s remake of Patrick, directed by Not Quite Hollywood’s Mark Hartley.
Also on the list is The Grandmothers, written by Christopher Hampton (A Dangerous Method) and director Anne Fontaine (Coco Avant Chanel) and starring Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel and James Frecheville in the adaptation of Doris Lessing’s novel.
For TV, the telemovie Underground by Matchbox Pictures, written and directed by Robert Connolly tells the story of a teenage Julian Assange hacking computer systems; and two TV productions by John Edwards Southern Star, a serialised version of...
- 12/5/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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