I do like MsSQ's review; I liked those things too.
Tom Wilkinson gave a sterling version of the standard Aussie accent too, well done Tom.
However, even though I don't like pointing out flaws in Australian films (there aren't enough of them since our shameful PM John Howard sold us out to the US with his Free Trade Agreement)I have to make the following points:
1) We do not have a felony/misdemeanor system here as in the US.
2) Joel Edgerton can't act - at all. Give up mate, or get more emotion going on in your face.
3) Why keep dyeing your hair Joel,it's fine the way it is. The dye is never convincing and always, repeat ALWAYS, looks cheap. Ditch it.
4) The story suffers from a lack of drawing the skeins of the other police work going on around the event. What is the relevance of the raid on the factory ? What happened to the normal everyday police work going on to keep the pressure and tension going ?
5) Joel doesn't know enough about police internals to really give an accurate depiction of what goes on behind the scenes, and how actual police have protected one of their own offending. Nowhere near enough reasoning was given as to why the real offender either should or should not have given themselves up.
A credible fail; with more reality and tension, and no Joel Edgerton "acting", this would have been a world class production.
Tom Wilkinson gave a sterling version of the standard Aussie accent too, well done Tom.
However, even though I don't like pointing out flaws in Australian films (there aren't enough of them since our shameful PM John Howard sold us out to the US with his Free Trade Agreement)I have to make the following points:
1) We do not have a felony/misdemeanor system here as in the US.
2) Joel Edgerton can't act - at all. Give up mate, or get more emotion going on in your face.
3) Why keep dyeing your hair Joel,it's fine the way it is. The dye is never convincing and always, repeat ALWAYS, looks cheap. Ditch it.
4) The story suffers from a lack of drawing the skeins of the other police work going on around the event. What is the relevance of the raid on the factory ? What happened to the normal everyday police work going on to keep the pressure and tension going ?
5) Joel doesn't know enough about police internals to really give an accurate depiction of what goes on behind the scenes, and how actual police have protected one of their own offending. Nowhere near enough reasoning was given as to why the real offender either should or should not have given themselves up.
A credible fail; with more reality and tension, and no Joel Edgerton "acting", this would have been a world class production.