West

2007

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 49% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 49% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 619 619

Plot summary

Pete and Jerry are cousins living in Sydney's Western Suburbs, where life consists of drinking, getting stoned, getting in fights and hanging out. But things change forever when Pete and Jerry both fall in love with the same girl.

Director

Daniel Krige Photo
Daniel Krige

Top cast

Anthony Hayes Photo
Anthony Hayes as Kenwood
David Field Photo
David Field as Doug
Blazey Best Photo
Blazey Best as Bunny
Michael Dorman Photo
Michael Dorman as Mick
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865.08 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 34 min
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1.74 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sara_tunny

Mooks presents: West.

I caught this at the Sydney Film Festival and went in looking forward to seeing it as I'd only just read about it in the festival guide.I found it to be quite tedious. Mainly because I didn't care about any of the characters (with the exception of Nathan Phillips who gave believable empathy with his performance). The lead actor (Khan Chittenden) had a difficult character but showed no emotion throughout the entire film, which in turn made it hard to feel anything for him. I don't know if the responsibility for that falls to him or the director, but if you're hanging a film of a central character like his it would help if we could read what's going on behind his eyes. From what I could understand his character was meant to be troubled, he gave no signs of this (other than the scripted obvious ones). He was a block of wood. With eyes. That didn't do anything.The films setting is the western suburbs, however none of the actors (apart from Anthony Hayes) looked like they belonged there, which made it hard to accept their performances. It didn't help that they were photographed as if they were modeling a Mooks catalogue.I left this film wanting to know why they made it. This kind of subject matter has been done before and done much better than this. I was hoping that it would add something new, either by experience or the point of the story. But it didn't.** out of Ten.
Reviewed by Chase_Witherspoon 6 / 10

West Side Story

Reasonably entertaining tale of delinquent cousins verging on manhood whose lives take vastly different directions after they both meet and become enamoured by the same girl. Nathan Phillips survived his "Wolf Creek" experience but is out of his depth here when he attempts to shun the carefree and illicit lifestyle in favour of 'going straight', earning a wage at a fast food joint and dreaming of a better life for him and Cheryl (Alexy). His cousin (Chittendon) doesn't do him any favours by beating a stand-over thug to death, then knocking up Cheryl behind his back.Good to see the consequences of these actions all come home to roost in a satisfying conclusion - except that is, if you're sympathetic to Phillip's character. Some pleasing location work (which every local viewer enjoys just in case somewhere familiar appears in shot) and generally realistic performances aren't quite matched by the pace which I found sometimes (not always) laborious. Some divergent plot troughs that ultimately failed to materialise (e.g. the nurse on the train scene) didn't appear to make much narrative sense, although you could argue these scenes established Chittendon's somewhat psychotic persona.It's a rather bleak and unattractive look at Sydney's fringes and while most of the characters are depicted as thugs and deadbeats, they're also all shown to possess some innate quality and most have the opportunity at a character defining moment. Not pretentious like some other recent Australian films of a similar ilk, it's middle of the road fare that probably exceeds its budget and own expectations.
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