TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

Rating: MA15+   (Strong themes, violence and coarse language)
Duration: 125 mins
Cast: Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, George MacKay, Charlie Hunnam, Essie Davis
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Justin Kurzel

 

 

Inspired by Peter Carey’s Man Booker prize winning novel of the same name, Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang shatters the mythology of the notorious icon to reveal the essence behind the life of Ned Kelly and force a country to stare back into the ashes of its brutal past. Spanning the younger years of Ned’s life to the time leading up to his death, the film explores the blurred boundaries between what is bad and what is good, and the motivations for the demise of its hero. Youth and tragedy collide in the Kelly Gang, and at the beating heart of this tale is the fractured and powerful love story between a mother and a son.

 

★★★★★ A sharp bolt of electricity directly into the heart of this well-worn legend. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas – Flicks.com.au

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