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Snake
(2014)
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Snake is an Australian
thriller set in 1974 where
Pommie (Sullivan
Stapleton) is let out of a
Sydney jail and wants to
catch up with his former
cellmate Sparra, who is
now in Melbourne. Sparra
(Alex Russell) has moved
on and has just proposed
to his girlfriend Paula
(Jessica de Gouw) and
everything is looking up
for the couple despite
Paula not knowing anything
about his past. Pommie
tracks him down and wants
to pick up from where they
left off. Sparra and Paula
with her friend take
Pommie to a nightclub,
where unnerved by a drag
act that gets too close,
Pommie decides to rob the
club and makes a quick
getaway. The next day,
Sparra decides to buy a
gun for protection as he
can see himself getting
dragged back into crime by
Pommie. Pommie tells Paula
that they spent time
together in jail,
something she doesn't
know, but she is accepting
of Sparra trying to make a
new life. After a day trip
to the beach, they come
home to the house being
ransacked, a warning that
they know that Pommie
robbed the nightclub.
Pommie convinces Sparra to
go back to the club and
finish it and while there,
they rob the club and
Sparra beats two crooks to
an inch of their life.
Sparra has once again come
under Pommie's spell, but
he doesn't want to go back
to jail and wants to be
with Paula and with the
cops on their tail,
there's only one way to
get rid of Pommie.
Not a bad little low key
thriller, basically a
three hander with quality
performances from all
three leads particularly a
surprisingly good Sullivan
Stapleton (particularly
compared to say Strike
Back). The story goes to
some unexpected areas even
though it still follows
the well worn crim trying
to make a new life being
drawn back in plot and
this works well and gives
the movie an extra layer
of tension.
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