I put the x in the spoiler, just to be on the safe side. Since I live in Sweden this part of Australian History is totally unknown to me, and the only other Australian gangster I've seen before was Chopper, and that was a movie I didn't like at all, though that one was very well acted. This movie "Dirty Deeds" I had never even heard of, and I found it in the bins that costs 2 for 99SKR (approx 9:90USD), and I chosed it mainly for the cover-photo of the DVD + four reliable names. Others have already told what this movie is about (the storyline) so I will not go into that. There is blood, very much blood indeed in this movie, but in this movie it's part of the story and loads of people being killed, but it's part of this movies storyline, so that didn't disturb me at all. After all they are very unpleasant people. I liked this movie very much, because it tells a story straight, but has many absurd and even farcical vignettes, and it moves along at a very pleasant speed. All the actors don't act, they ARE and BREATH the characters they play. Brian Brown (I don't know why, but he always reminds me of Michael Caine), Toni Collette (far from her About a Boy role), John Goodman (has he ever been bad, even in bad movies?) and Sam Neill (Absolutely perfect as the matter-of-fact but easy-to-bribe police) + the rest of the cast of for me unknowns.
Can we today even imagine that there was a time when there wasn't at least one pizza-place within a few blocks? Apparently in Australia in 1969, and that part makes a very funny thread along in this movie. There is a very funny scene where they have found a restaurant in Sydney where they knew what a pizza is, but the slices are as thick as a birthday-cake.
Another funny scene was when Bryan Brown, gets a hotel in the outbacks, and how quick the owner empties it when he sees how well he will be payed.
All I can say is that I'm lucky I found this movie, just by chance.
Can we today even imagine that there was a time when there wasn't at least one pizza-place within a few blocks? Apparently in Australia in 1969, and that part makes a very funny thread along in this movie. There is a very funny scene where they have found a restaurant in Sydney where they knew what a pizza is, but the slices are as thick as a birthday-cake.
Another funny scene was when Bryan Brown, gets a hotel in the outbacks, and how quick the owner empties it when he sees how well he will be payed.
All I can say is that I'm lucky I found this movie, just by chance.