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The Hard Word - 6/27/03 - R - 102m - DVD
Guy
Pearce - Dale Twentyman
Rachel Griffiths - Carol Twentyman
Robert Taylor - Frank
Director: Scott Roberts
Screenplay by: Scott Roberts
Studio: Lions Gate Films
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LYN
First and foremost I had the hardest time trying figure out what
people were even saying, so much I thought it should have had subtitles.
But, this is what puzzled me the most about this Australian film was that
it was in English, and I still couldn't understand what most of the characters
were talking about, and this wouldn't be the first Aussie film I've seen
before, just only one I couldn't understand…anyway.
The fascinating storyline breaks down as such: Three criminal brothers
are released from prison to perform a heist for their lawyer and two crooked
cops, then afterwards they are sent back to the same institution of reform,
to yet once again get freed a couple weeks later to pull another job only
for their lawyer this time. Confused? Good, so was I. I couldn't really
understand their motivation to do these tasks, but maybe something got
lost in the translation, or perhaps in the lack thereof.
Simply put, a bad crime story with equally bad acting. I saw what they
were trying to do with the story. Perhaps to fill it with all kinds of
roller coaster twists and turns that would make you wonder where the ride
would take you, but unfortunately it had all the excitement and predictability
of a merry-go-round.
Lyn
