Simply, and I don't mean to sound like a pessimist, Australia, which I love and live in, rarely produces films of rare quality. If you look over the last 10 years and you see the film that has been judged by the AFI ( who the f.... are these people) as best picture you will see such classics as "Somersault" (2004) taking out the major award. You'll see "Little Fish" winning some recent awards what an absolute joke.
Anywho, I've tried for a while to get my hands on this Australian film / mini series called Blue Murder (1995). You can now dig it up, it's finally on DVD. You'll surely note through the film why the Australian Police Force (New South Wales PF in particular) tried their best to ban this film.) Quite simply there is nothing this country has produced that can even be put in the same category as this film.
Upon viewing just one time, you'll carry with you for the rest of your days Richard Roxberghs's performance as real life Detective Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson and Tony Martin's portrayal of the high profile criminal and police informant Neddy Smith.
This action packed Australian film is clearly in a league of it's own with its brilliant script, it's unremorseful search for the truth and it's portrayal of the Police Force in Australia.
Hopefully times have changed since when the film was set in the late seventies and early eighties for the APF to today, but this ugly chapter will always be remembered.
Unforgettable. 10/10.
Anywho, I've tried for a while to get my hands on this Australian film / mini series called Blue Murder (1995). You can now dig it up, it's finally on DVD. You'll surely note through the film why the Australian Police Force (New South Wales PF in particular) tried their best to ban this film.) Quite simply there is nothing this country has produced that can even be put in the same category as this film.
Upon viewing just one time, you'll carry with you for the rest of your days Richard Roxberghs's performance as real life Detective Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson and Tony Martin's portrayal of the high profile criminal and police informant Neddy Smith.
This action packed Australian film is clearly in a league of it's own with its brilliant script, it's unremorseful search for the truth and it's portrayal of the Police Force in Australia.
Hopefully times have changed since when the film was set in the late seventies and early eighties for the APF to today, but this ugly chapter will always be remembered.
Unforgettable. 10/10.