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4 May 1995 (Australia) moreTagline:
Everything is about to go totally out of controlPlot:
Psycho Joe, a petrol-head from Altona, Melbourne, secures employment at a local Supermarket. Here, he meets the over-sexed Dazey... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
Insanity runs rampant amongst disenfranchised youth in director Wright's film. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Aden Young | ... | Joe |
| Tara Morice | ... | Savina |
 | Nadine Garner | ... | Roslyn |
 | Ben Mendelsohn | ... | Dazey |
| Chantal Contouri | ... | Savina's Mother |
| Petru Gheorghiu | ... | Pop |
| Arthur Angel | ... | Paul Secchi |
| Richard Sutherland | ... | Rosco |
| Anita Cerdic | ... | Lisa |
| Tommy Dysart | ... | Mr. Graham |
| Mike Bishop | ... | Dazey's Father |
| Nick Polites | ... | Paul Secchi's Boy (as Nicholas Polites) |
| Felix Biviano | ... | Paul Secchi's Boy |
| Ed McShortall | ... | Ted (as Eddy McShortall) |
| Peter Houghton | ... | Thomas |
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Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaFun Stuff
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Jane Usher edited most of the film whilst Bill Murphy only edited the final nail biting car chase. The difference in styles in alarmingly striking and genuinely added fuel to the high octane film. moreFAQ
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As an admirer of Wright's earlier work "Romper Stomper" (certainly not ideologically, just as an interesting film), I must say that I enjoyed this film just as much, even though it is equally disturbing.
The story concerns a group of people in their early twenties. Joe, who lives with his insane father, gets a job at a wholesale warehouse where he meets Dazey, the local Don Juan, and Savina, a Satan-worshipping shoplifter. Joe, Savina, Dazey and Rosalyn, Dazey's girlfriend, are inextricably bound in a tangle of love, lust, insanity, death, and hot rodding.
This film is of a largely unexplored genre; "teen movies" about love-sick young stars just don't work anymore, and Wright reminds us of that fact with gritty characters and realistic dialogue. Very few directors are willing to go to the lengths that he does, refusing to tell a story that involves conventional moralities and cardboard characters, nor does he balk at portraying the violence perpetrated by these unhappy youths in their quest for identity and meaning. Not for the morally squeamish, but definitely worth watching.