Anthony Hayes, Bill Hunter, Brendan Donoghue

A completely ordinary man makes one mistake and finds his life totally unraveling.

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Nash Edgerton

Release Date: June 15, 2008

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  • July 18, 2009
    Take one part "Coen's Blood Simple", one part "Tarantino, one part "Film noir" and a good dash of salty "Bill Hunter". Nash and Joel Edgerton have crafted one of the most satisfying Aussie thrillers of the last couple of years. Why, therefore hasn't anybody seen this low-budget d...( read more)iamond?
  • April 27, 2009
    Boring as, a similar Australian film called West was way better.
  • March 25, 2009
    Saw this last night, great stuff, suspense and twists and great writing and acting, special features are super cool too!
  • March 9, 2009
    In the tradition of Shadow Grave and A Simple Plan, this Aussie thriller is excellent classic everyman tale in the vein of Alfred Hitchcock, but with more of a Coen brothers outlook. The Edgerton brothers do genuinely jobs on their filmmaking in this film.
  • November 5, 2008
    A man and a woman having an affair get themselves deeper into trouble after the decide to elope...quality aussie film but not as great as i thought it would be!
  • November 2, 2008
    Really well filmed, good cast.
  • September 21, 2008
    Slow with a really annoying ending.

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  • kololee
    April 27, 2009
    Boring as. What's with all the awesome critic reviews like: "the brothers Coen now have some stiff competition"? Well the Coen brothers can sure rest easy because this was utter crap (with a couple of little action sequences in between).

    A similar Australian film called West was way better.

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