Today must have been a fairly special day for David Michod -- the filmmaker saw two of his works receive their world preem debuts. First Hesher was shown midday (he receives a co-screenwriter cred) and he directed my most anticipated film in Animal Kingdom - a crime drama that only confirms what I discovered with in his shorts films: we've got a major talent on our hands from Down Under. Now if only I could get this Air Supply song outta of my head.
I have plenty to say about the pic, but I'll keep key details for further installments. Here are pics - we find veteran Australian actress Jacki Weaver is a card a role which is important in the overall denouement of the film and which I won't divulge here - but let's just say her character is a trump card, potentially a joker in the deck, while Guy Pearce is a detective but not L.A. Confidential type mode - he almost plays against type...
...supporting players Ben Mendelsohn and Joel Edgerton add to the film's tense tonality - I've yet to put my finger on just how this edginess is maintained - perhaps its how violence is depicted in the film....
Animal Kingdom marks James Frecheville's big screen debut - he beat out another 500 applicants for the title role of J - where he plays a young adult who almost lives outside his own skin - what I can say is that our interest in the character increases as the timeline progresses.
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