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Chopper
from Image Entertainment
starring Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Bill Young
directed by Andrew Dominik

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Color
• Dolby
• DTS Surround Sound

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Weird, much like the book
  Much like the book, this movie gives you a glimps into the life of Mark "Chopper" Read. I just happened across this moves years & years ago. It was weird then & it's still weird now. It's about this Aussie who went around killing/Beating drug dealers & other bullies, because he thought he was supposed to. This film is also a chance to see Eric Bana before he came to the U.S. & made it big in films like "Black Hawk Down", "Hulk", "Troy", & "the Other Boleyn Girl". It's a good black comedy... more info

• A short sharp film
  This is a well-made biopic of Mark 'Chopper' Read, an extremely violent Australian criminal who has gone on to become a successful writer. The story, although based on 'Choppers' own books has been spiced up for the film, so some of the events depicted may never have happened. That said its an adrenalin filled film which never lets up in its intensity, which is mostly down to a superb performance by Eric Bana. His portrayal captures the schzoid nature of 'Chopper' who after shooting you, was just as likely... more info

• Weird but captivating
  Like a train-wreck - with probably about as much gore.
  An interesting look into the soul of the 80's Australian crime scene (or at least a dramatisation thereof).

• A Black Life
  This is easily one of the most disturbing, and yet intriguing films I have watched in recent history. Andrew Dominik has created a tragically empathetic examination of professional criminal Chopper Read. Being the debut of the filmmaker that would later go on to make the brilliant 'Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford', this film was a sublime thesis on the psychotically lonely. The former stand-up comedian Eric Bana makes his acting debut alongside Dominik and easily proves his ability... more info

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