Love in the riot squad: when kissing your enemy is literal treason.
1981 - The Springbok tour divides NZ. Off the pitch, star-crossed lovers meet and hearts break in a thrilling drama.
Acting
Walker and O'Kane weaponize restraint until it explodes.
Production
Chaos of 1981 Hamilton recreated with documentary-level anxiety.
Writing
Dialogue so loaded you need subtitles for the silence.
Director
Danny Mulheron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Danny Mulheron was a teenager during the actual 1981 tour and based several scenes on witnessed police actions.
The Springbok tour remains New Zealand's most divisive sporting event; this film was the first mainstream dramatization to center a Māori-Pākehā relationship within that trauma.
US
NZ
