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From the writer creator of Rake, Andrew Knight, comes another well scripted Australian drama series with another brilliant Australian actor as the title character. Which is course - Guy Pearce, who is supported by a stellar cast of old favourites from every Australian film ever made. A tense gritty drama that also has its comedic moments. This is part one of two, which is a shame, but then, was also an hour and a half long. Reminds me of another gritty drama that is being made in the UK, which is based on a well known detective. I'm curious why this show has been limited to only two episodes. Hopefully, more will be made.

I had been looking forward to seeing this film for some time and none of it disappointed with the quality I had expected from the writer director team of Nick Cave and John Hillcoat, who had previously made the film The Proposition. The only thing that I was not prepared for was the level of extreme violence and the number of times it occurs throughout the film. It was a little under two hours, but for the amount of times I had my eyes and ears blocked, for me it might have been just a little over an hour, or maybe less. The acting in this, is beyond reproach. Guy Pearce especially, is a truly scary piece of work, which considering the other hard bitten characters, is saying something. Tom Hardy, Shia La Beouf, Jason Clarke, portray the three Bondurant brothers, who as the narration by Mr La Beouf's character says in the opening, are known to be "Invincible" in the town they live in. They are making moonshine, a dangerous business to be involved in and despite thei...