Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm of the Sydney Underworld. Standover tactics, prostitution, illegal gambling, creative importation - you name it, "The Gentlemen" are into it. And Barrett enforces it for them. Old school muscle for hire. Now 53 years old, he's tired of having to throw away perfectly good suits because you can't dry-clean the blood off. He needs to get out of Sydney. Out of the game. Which is, of course, easier said than done.
Acting
Colin Friels carries decades of weariness in every squint.
Production
Sydney's underbelly shot like a character with humidity and regret.
Director
Morgan O'Neill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morgan O'Neill won Season 3 of Project Greenlight, beating 7,000+ filmmakers for his directorial debut. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's reality TV gamble on an unknown Aussie.
Released the same year as 'The Square' and 'Animal Kingdom,' Solo represents a forgotten wave of Australian crime films examining working-class masculinity in economic transition.
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