Snowtown

2011

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / History / Horror / Mystery

35
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 74 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 22303 22.3K

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Plot summary

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Director

Justin Kurzel Photo
Justin Kurzel

Top cast

Daniel Henshall Photo
Daniel Henshall as John Bunting
Marcus Howard Photo
Marcus Howard as Alex
Richard Green Photo
Richard Green as Barry
Craig Coyne Photo
Craig Coyne as Ray
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
751.70 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24.000 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 24
2.21 GB
1920*1036
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
2 hr 0 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ianpeace-05349 7 / 10

Once is Enough

Despite this film being brilliantly written and acted, it is so grim that I don't think I could ever bear to watch it again. I've done a fair bit of research into the Snowtown murders and if anything this film plays down the torture aspect. Knowing this happened and what went on in real life was probably even worse, it makes this a very challenging watch.
Reviewed by hitchcockthelegend 8 / 10

The Boddies in the Barrels Murders.

The press junket and first wave of critical notices built Snowtown up as a throat ripper that will cause you nightmares. That didn't do it any favours as per expectation levels for the horror enthusiast. However, this is a superb piece of film making, a real gritty and grainy deconstruction of the human condition gone sour. As with all films of this type that are based on real life incidents, it pays to read up on the facts if you be so inclined. Debut director Justin Kurzel doesn't shirk from the horrors of the case, but skillfully he doesn't bang everyone over the head with shock tactics to grab the attention. It's a relentlessly bleak picture, there's a continuous build of impending dread, of human devastation wrung out by a master manipulator (Daniel Henshall as John Bunting superb), the depressing story told through the eyes of the simple and confused Jamie Vlassakis (Lucas Pittaway).Not to be watched if one is looking to be cheered up! But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be sought out as essential cinema. It's a strong and potent film, worthy of inspection by adults who understand that not all film is about entertainment. 8.5/10
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