To those who have been tracking the current wave of Australian genre film David Michôd needs no introduction. The prolific writer has screenwriting credits on most of the major titles to come out of the Blue Tongue group, including one on Hesher - the debut feature from Spencer Susser - which give Michôd credit on two films playing in competition at Sundance 2010. This one? This is the writer's debut feature as director, a film that boasts Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton in the cast. And now it boasts one catchy-as-hell teaser as well. Check it below.Welcome to the jungle known as the Melbourne underworld. Animal Kingdom uses this edgy locale to unspool a gripping tale of survival and revenge.
Pope Cody, an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by his roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope's nephew, Joshua "J" Cody, arrives and moves in with his hitherto estranged relatives. When tensions between the family and the police reach a bloody peak, "J" finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.
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Air Supply? wow. If there is any way to kill enthusiasm for a movie consider it done.
Good thing of late cinema from down under has proven to be stronger than their 80s soft rock.