Chopper (2000) (English Language)

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94min

Cast: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo …and more

Writers: Mark Brandon Read, Andrew Dominik

Based on the autobiographies of legendary larger-than-life Australian criminal and now bestselling author Mark “Chopper” Read, Chopper paints a brutal but darkly comic picture of the life of a man as comfortable with television crews as he was brutalising drug-dealers and prison inmates.

Featuring the considerable talents of Eric Bana as Chopper in his breakout dramatic role, the story jumps around from past to present in a Tarantino-like visual style and features a brand of sharp and direct dialogue as only the Aussies can deliver.

This is clearly not a film for the faint-hearted but despite the graphic violence and strong language Chopper is not a particularly hard watch and it’s the comedy and delivery from Bana in particular that makes the greatest impression, Chopper easily rivals any American or British film for best comedy-gangster movie of the noughties.