![]() ![]() For a while there the unexpected relationship between Pommie and Sparra (which feels reminiscent of the 2010 kidnap thriller, The Disappearance of Alice Creed), had the potential to steer the story on a far more interesting and complex journey thanultimately it takes us on. ![]() It’s a shame that this film doesn’t deliver on its early promise. The excellent 70s production design from Josephine Ford and her team vividly captures a period that for many of us is within living memory, but also sets the story in what feels like a more dangerous time when the absence of CCTV, mobile phones and computer analysis enables acts of violence and mayhem the like of those perpetrated by Pommie to occur without the level of surveillance and tracking that we’re used to today. Sadly, though, the depth of character found in Pommie doesn’t extend to the rest of the of the cast and, in the latter stages the subtler elements give way to a more familiar cops-and-robbers style of pursuit by a very archetypal pair of thuggish detectives and the inevitable highly charged shootout. It’s the strongest element of a film that, for a good part of its story, is engaging and unsettling. Here, though, he finds a vulnerability to the character of Pommie that elevates him beyond the two dimensional, stock standard fare of the charming but psychotic and violent crim that often populates these kinds of films. Most notable in this small cast is Stapleton who, with the exception of his role in 2010’s Animal Kingdom is probably more familiar to audiences in high testosterone action driven roles such as 300:Rise of an Empire or the television series Strikeback. But Cut Snake lacks the dramatic rawness of the former film, and the commitment to flesh out its characters as the latter did. Nevertheless a little of the sensibility of those earlier films seeps into some of the more interesting character relationships that lie beneath the crime elements of this dark story, even if that doesn’t sustain the film all the way to the end. Instead, Ayres tries to have his cake and eat it too, by dipping his toes into controversial waters but remaining unwilling to fully submerge in them so that he can still cling to his macho-action thriller genre. 51 METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews tbd USER SCORE No score yet Cut Snake Monterey Media Release Date: OctoSummary: Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s, Cut Snake tells the story of Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell), an ex-convict who is trying to make a new life for himself in a new city. The gritty crime drama is somewhat of a departure for director, Tony Ayres, who is better known for films like Walking on Water (2002) and The Home Song Stories (2010). Learn more about the full cast of Cut Snake with news, photos, videos and more at. But far from being a happy reunion, the reappearance begins to reveal the secrets that ‘Sparra’, as Pommie calls him, has been hiding from is fiancé and threatens to destroy his hopes for happiness and a new life. Cut Snake Synopsis: In the mid 70s, dream boyfriend Merv Farrell (Alex Russell) is all set to marry his sweetheart, Paula (Jessica de Gouw) when he’s visited by Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton), an old mate recently released from prison. ![]()
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