The film is loosely based on a real life murder investigation in Australia so I don't want to cause any upset with my somewhat negative thoughts about this film.
I say negative in that I found it very slow developing as others have alluded to. Indeed I failed to develop an attachment to the film in its first act. It does require a degree of concentration to the plot lines that are developing.
The film has a bleak subject matter, that of a murder suspect, suspected of abducting a teenage boy and murdering him several years before. An investigation that brings together undercover interstate Australian agencies.
The performances DO develop as the film goes into its second and third acts and my score for it increased.
It's Australian but Mad Max, Wake In Fright it ain't. The only facets I could share from Mad Max in particular were the suspect facial hair of the lead actors!
A slow burner yes. Try and persevere is my advice.
I say negative in that I found it very slow developing as others have alluded to. Indeed I failed to develop an attachment to the film in its first act. It does require a degree of concentration to the plot lines that are developing.
The film has a bleak subject matter, that of a murder suspect, suspected of abducting a teenage boy and murdering him several years before. An investigation that brings together undercover interstate Australian agencies.
The performances DO develop as the film goes into its second and third acts and my score for it increased.
It's Australian but Mad Max, Wake In Fright it ain't. The only facets I could share from Mad Max in particular were the suspect facial hair of the lead actors!
A slow burner yes. Try and persevere is my advice.