Psycho Joe loves one thing: fast cars! When he gets a job at a local supermarket, Joe meets fellow "petrol head" Dazey, who quickly becomes his idol and best friend. Soon after, Joe falls for Savina, a goth girl who practices black magic. But Savina has already fallen for Dazey and will do anything to get him -- including using Joe's feelings for her. In true Shakespearean fashion, this trio race down the road to tragedy.
Acting
Mendelsohn's feral, magnetic Dazey—career-making unhinged energy.
Direction
Wright's operatic violence, same hand that made Romper Stomper.
Production
Melbourne's industrial west as purgatory—ugly and beautiful.
Director
Geoffrey Wright
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a weird 1994 Australian moment: Romper Stomper, The Heartbreak Kid, and this—all angry, working-class masculinity in crisis.
Geoffrey Wright allegedly wanted the car sounds mixed like Wagner. The resulting sound design is genuinely overwhelming.
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