Mick and Kev – bored, unemployed and aimless in the western suburbs of Sydney – decide to rob a bank, more or less for the fun of it.
Acting
Mendelsohn's Kev – a human dumpster fire you can't look away from.
Writing
Dialogue so authentically bogan it feels improvised (it's not).
Direction
Caesar captures Sydney's west like a love letter to nowhere.
Director
David Caesar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ben Mendelsohn's first lead role after years of 'that weird guy' bit parts; he apparently stayed in character off-set, annoying everyone.
Part of a 1990s wave of 'grunge cinema' exploring Australia's forgotten suburbs, alongside The Boys and Two Hands—though this one tanked commercially despite cult status now.
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