A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
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★★★★★
The backdrop to this movie is Melbourne, Australia in the mid-1980's, which (according to the director) had one of the highest per-capita murder rates in the world. At the time, there were several deaths in Melbourne in which wanted and suspected criminals wer...
★★★★★
"Animal Kingdom" is a highly respected Australian film that's apparently received a HUGE number of nominations for the Australian Film Awards--as well as an Oscar nomination for Jacki Weaver (as the matriarch of the family--who did a great job playing pure evi...
★★★★★
The series (based on the movie) is one of my favorite EVER (it rivals SOA, to me). So I had to give the movie a try. I was not disappointed. The movie is a lot slower, but it has more of a "gritty", ominous feel. And even though the series is more intense, and...
★★★★★
ANIMAL KINGDOM is another slice of gruelling nastiness that comes to us courtesy of our Australian cousins. It's not quite as downbeat and depressing as SNOWTOWN, although it gets close at times. This elaborate thriller is about a sprawling family of ne'er-do-...
★★★★★
David Michôd's Animal Kingdom is an impressive crime-drama that leaves you speechless. Its portrayal of a volatile family entrenched in Melbourne's criminal underbelly is visceral as it comes, exploring the parallelism of moral decay & survival. Here, Michôd's...
