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Sun, Dec 18, 2005
Two Hands
The Movie
An enjoyably grungy and entirely engaging little crime thriller you've probably never heard of, Gregor Jordan's Two Hands qualifies as a bona-fide pleasant surprise. The DVD case informed me that the 1999 Australian flick stars Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown, and also that it was directed by the guy who'd go on to helm Buffalo Soldiers (which is damn good) and Ned Kelly, which is NOT as bad as you've heard.
So I sat down expecting some sort of mega-flashy, yet patently Oz-centric, take on Trainspotting, and was quite pleasantly surprised by Jordan's tight-fisted and efficient style of storytelling. Two Hands might not be the most unique crime story ever told, but it's more than engaging enough to warrant a 3-dollar rental and a 90-minute sit-down.
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Two Hands