Two Hands
| Year: | 1999 |
| Production Co: | Meridian Films |
| Director: | Gregor Jordan |
| Writer: | Gregor Jordan |
| Cast: | Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, Susie Porter, David Field, Tom Long, Steve Le Marquand |
The slickest and tightest movie ever produced in Australia by Australians and the only film to ever tell a uniquely Australian crime story and not try to replicate an American crime story set in Australia (by the use of lines like 'We've got a situation here' and other Americanisms).
A Kings Cross strip club spruiker (Ledger) has his sights set on moving up the hierarchy of local crime boss Pando (Brown, in a typically overstated performance). But when he blows a courier job and loses $10,000, Pando's gang marks him for death. Resorting to any means to replace the money and get the girl (a very cute Byrne), he has to stay out of sight, rob a bank with a hysterical and distinctly Aussie group of robbers, and circumvent the agendas of various sleazebags.
The subplot of the two kids (from whom Pando's gang get their comeuppance) is a great piece of writing, and while some style and acting seems a bit rough around the edges, it's a neatly scripted and delivered film from Tropfest winner Jordan.
A Kings Cross strip club spruiker (Ledger) has his sights set on moving up the hierarchy of local crime boss Pando (Brown, in a typically overstated performance). But when he blows a courier job and loses $10,000, Pando's gang marks him for death. Resorting to any means to replace the money and get the girl (a very cute Byrne), he has to stay out of sight, rob a bank with a hysterical and distinctly Aussie group of robbers, and circumvent the agendas of various sleazebags.
The subplot of the two kids (from whom Pando's gang get their comeuppance) is a great piece of writing, and while some style and acting seems a bit rough around the edges, it's a neatly scripted and delivered film from Tropfest winner Jordan.