Chopper

2001 "Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn."
7.1| 1h34m| R| en
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The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Facepalm Diazepine This is all about a myth this charismatic deviant creates about himself and the film kind of documents his sick action without judging and that's so incredibly interesting, the level of realism it maintains in the light of sheer sickness of its protagonist. At many reviews I've read that only Aussie audience can get this, well its complete BS, I did not have any knowledge of this person beforehand, I enjoyed it tremendously, the lead acting is superb, sometimes I found myself laughing and then felt embarrassed because you really don't laugh at those kind of things, but in this film, you just can't help yourself. Just go see for yourself, it is a dark dark comedy and would be a shame if it remained ignored. Yeah and the storytelling man, at at least three moments I had to rewind to see what the fook happened - many times there are flashbacks of certain key situations told from the perspective of various individuals involved and it's really fun to make out witch parts of what is true and then collect in your mind the big picture and that drags you into the movie big time. And I must tell this one more - Eric Bana was BRILLIANT. And yes, it made me go to amazon and order the book right away,
Red_Identity Eric Bana is really great in this. Like, I'm surprised his work here doesn't seem to get mentioned much. Or maybe it's just not that seen. Regardless, it's outstanding work, the kind of work Tom Hardy was tying to hit in Bronson but didn't hit the depths that Bana did. The film is good, definitely nothing compared to Dominik's masterpiece The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. But Bana makes it truly worthwhile, even if his film threatens to fall under its own ambition. It's not a great film, but it's a great effort at one and it sometimes shows, maybe too much. But I definitely recommend it, it deserves to be seen and one day maybe it will hit the mainstream.
evgeneiac This is 94 minutes of watching Chopper wander about town and shooting people at random. It becomes clear about 15 minutes in to the movie that Mark Read is as deluded about his self- importance as the film is about it's ability to say anything interesting.Eric Bana does a nice job of delivering the BS that constantly flows from Read's mouth. He comes across and eloquent despite the shallow material.Cinematography is well done. Colors are wrong in almost every scene of the movie as if it was filmed in the wrong light or with expired film. It emphasizes the insanity of Read's world while also making it feel like personal snapshots of the world in which he lived.
max well The movie thrived on the excellent character work Bana did in his interpretation of Chopper. It made the film, no doubt about it. The beginning was great, it really portrayed chopper's intensity and charismatic way of going about his insanity. This continues to develop perfectly as he muscles his way about the incoming event's caused by his own demented actions. Still keeping my interest through to the end i did find it went in somewhat of a strange and almost off topic manner. This all leading to a mildly unsatisfying and weak ending. Although it is understandable considering its based off of a real story. And forgivable because it was extremely entertaining. all in all it was an excellent movie.