Cinema's fascination with serial killers often seems overdone: are such freaks really so interesting? But 'Chopper', the story of an Australian psychopath, is an immaculately made film, and a terrifying portrait of a man utterly unsocialised, but completely human. Eric Bana is superb in the role, and the underside of Australin life is depicted without any glamour, although the film itself, by its very nature, can only add to the real killer's mystique. And with no point of emotional attachment, one is left wondering, what is this film actually for, beyond the mere depiction of awfulness? Perhaps the Choppers of this world are really best forgotten.
Review of Chopper
