BlackJack (2003) (TV)

Director:

Peter Andrikidis

Writers:

Gary McCaffrie (written by)
Shaun Micallef (written by)

Release Date:

16 March 2003 (Australia)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Justice means more than punishing those who commit crimes. It means never giving up in the search for the truth...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Colin Friels	...	Jack Kempson
Kate Beahan	...	Julie Egan
David Field	...	Inspector Terry Kavanagh
Victoria Longley	...	Therese Ricci
Russell Dykstra	...	Buchanan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Andrikidis	...	Taxi Driver
Yiani Andrikidis	...	Ashleigh Kirsten
Chris Argirousis	...	Humphries
Tony Barry	...	Joe Bueneroti
Matt Boesenberg	...	Shapiro
John Brumpton	...	Andy Margate
Tina Bursill	...	Carmen
Jason Clarke	...	Tony Seaton (1973)
Wahid Dona	...	Doctor
Kosta Doukas	...	Brian Kirsten (1973)
Gigi Edgley	...	Liz Kempson
Sarah Enright	...	Vicky
Grant Galea	...	Milburn
Julian Garner	...	Bueneroti (1973)
Louise Ginman	...	Helen Kirsten (1973)
Ron Graham	...	Brian Kirsten
Inge Hornstra	...	Carmen (1973)
Sam Isaacs	...	Jack Kempson (1973)
Melissa Jaffer	...	Helen Kirsten
Elizabeth Maywald	...	Serina
Mark Owen-Taylor	...	Tim
Taylor Owyns	...	Ms. Hotton (as Taylor Owynns)
Sari Sheehan	...	Mary Kempson
Anthony Simcoe	...	Allenby
Allan Vaughan	...	Ochre
Steve Vella	...	Ziersch
Doris Younane	...	Christine Ormond

Also Known As:

BlackJack: Murder Archive (UK) (new title)
C/f (Australia) (working title)

Runtime:

Australia:89 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Jigsaw Entertainment Pty. Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Followed by BlackJack: In the Money (2005) (TV)

Good, especially for a Tele movie...

This being only the second Tele movie made by Channel Ten that I have seen, I was really impressed, all aspects of the movie were well done.

The story revolves around a cop who dobs in his police buddy for corruption. In turn, the rest of the force turn against him and his new job is to supervise the transfer of old cases onto computer. As he does this, he comes along an old case which he sets out to solve.

Yes it has a cliched plot, but the script is still a very good one, both intelligent, gritty and funny. The film is full of beautiful photography, another credit to the team. The first half hour isn't much but the film's climax is great. Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie wrote the script, which is very odd considering their past employment.

Channel Ten apparently liked BlackJack so much they have already considered making it into a series ala Halifax FP. I hope they do. 9/10