CUT SNAKE - film / by Cut to the chase


This Australian crime drama set in the 1970s is really great. I didn't know much about it before I saw it and having read some reviews subsequently, I think that's best. There's a significant plot twist in the film which some film critics have seen fit to spoil in their reviews. Honestly!

Sullivan Stapleton plays the lead character Pommie just brilliantly. He is terrifyingly creepy - a truly excellent performance.

My own experience of this film was interrupted by a poorly executed fire evacuation at Cinema Nova unfortunately. "This is not a drill" are words you just don't want to hear. Thankfully it wasn't a big nasty fire because let me tell you, many people would have been in strife if it was. "Evacuate" and "this is not a drill" does not mean get up out of your seat and mill about in the entrance to Lygon Court blocking access for fire fighters. No one seemed to be in charge or giving people any instructions. Epic fail, Cinema Nova.

Anyway, if you enjoyed Animal Kingdom and other films in that genre, I think you'll love this. It's pretty heavy going (lots of violence, for example) but very, very well done.

More on the story in this 3 star review in The Guardian.

Trailer here.