Three teens blackmail a serial killer into helping them get rid of a violent bully.
Acting
Joel Edgerton's unnervingly casual menace.
Direction
Hewitt's suffocating Queensland suburbia.
Editing
Tight 91 minutes that refuse to breathe.
Director
Jon Hewitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hewitt and co-writer Shayne Armstrong wanted to explore how abuse perpetuates itself—every character is simultaneously victim and future perpetrator.
Edgerton took the role specifically because Ian was written without backstory or 'reason'—rare for 2009 serial killer films.
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