Good and even excellent first movie from director Roger Donaldson, from New Zealand, who will later go and proceed his career to Hollywood, as Lee Tamahori. I was surprised to see here Warren Oates in this amazing movie, very violent and gloomy. I don't think we could have found such a topic in Europe or even the USA at this time. It denounces political extremist measures and facist parties ready to take power. The most important is the Sam Neill - young Sam Neill - character, an ordinary man, as you and me, who gets involved in chaos, a total nightmare that will eventually destroy him. I like this anti Hollywoodian movie, despite the fact that the director was still a bit clumsy in his skills to make this interesting feature.
Review of Sleeping Dogs
