外祖母有五个孩子,四男一女。女儿死于吸毒,外孙于是来到外祖母家。外祖母家的这四个男人是一个贩毒团伙,因为警方盯梢很久,有两个儿子相继被枪杀。外孙有一个女友,被祖母家的另外两个儿子注射毒品后弄死,因为怕被警方弄到口供。之后,外祖母让外孙做了不确定性的证词,两个儿子被无罪释放。但是外孙有一天回家来,开枪打死了害死自己女友的叔叔。
澳大利亚拍的《Animal Kingdom》算是为数不多的2010年度的优秀英语电影之一。这部电影的特点就是安静,安静地讲故事,安静地犯罪。长镜头加导轨缓缓移动,从开头男主人公安静地坐在死去的母亲边上看电视,就注定了这不是一部符合大众口味的黑帮片。稍稍有点沉闷的节奏,但因为演员出色的表演,导演火候的把握,《air supply》的原声,还是深深吸引着我,随着剧情,一路跟到最后有力但安静的爆发。
虽然,这是一部犯罪片,但没有激烈的枪战,追车,血腥,床戏这些好莱坞的商业元素,一切是如此自然,每个转折,水到渠成。
导演也很年轻,要不是前一部短片拿了个小奖,估计到现在还没有资金拍这部筹划了十年的片子。不错,他应该前途无量。
顺便提一下,Jacki Weaver也因为片中出色的演技,获得上届奥斯卡最佳女配角提名。
Welcome to the Melbourne underworld. Following the death of his mother, seventeen year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frencheville) moves in with his hitherto-estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons - the Cody boys.
Eldest son and armed robber, Andrew 'Pop' Cody (Ben Mendelsohn) is in hiding from a gang of renegade detectives. Middle brother Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) is a successful but volatile drug dealer, whilst the youngest Cody, Darren (Luke Ford), naïvely) follows his elder brothers' lead. Just as Pope's business partner and best friend, Barry Brown (Joel Edgerton), decides that he wants our of the game, recognising that their days of old-school banditry are all but over, tensions between the family and the police explode.
J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and which throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce).
Animal Kingdom is a powerful crime drama exploring the tense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle.
Animal Kingdom is the debut of writer/director David Michôd whose previous short films have screened extensively internationally and in Australia, including the multi-award winning Crossbow. And AFI award-winning writer, Michôd also wrote the screenplay for this project.
Animal Kingdom is presented by Screen Australia and Porchlight Films, in association with Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Fulcrum Media Finance, Showtime Australia and Madman Entertainment in association with Jetty Distribution.
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本片只是用刀将社会的一角轻轻划开,向你平静的展现出这文明世界底层犯罪之残酷。是做人,还是做动物?这是人类最后的选择。
其实是为了那首歌去看的。。。没见过这么文艺的犯罪片
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不健全的心智,食肉动物的王国——表面上看似不温不火的一部影片,实则消极中饱含力量,导演对于节奏的掌控与人物的刻画很有自己的特色,但影片要能压缩一下时长会显得更好。原声配乐与Jackie Weaver是两个值得称赞的要点。★★★☆
始终让人惊喜的电影,对角色心理刻画非常到位,情感足够细腻,几处转折都处理得很不错,让影片始终保持着紧绷压抑的情绪,开头和结尾互为呼应且同样给力。同比家族犯罪类的≪城中大盗≫,我更喜欢这部来自澳洲惊喜。本片获得2010圣丹斯世界电影评委会剧情片大奖。
无论台译《生存法则》还是港译《野兽家族》都比《动物王国》更为贴切。全片弥漫的压抑感让人窒息,尽管没有传统黑帮片的追车啊暴力啊什么的,各个人物背后确少不了令人毛骨悚然的暗流涌动。澳洲英语挺性感嘛。
扯淡的剧情,扯淡的人物,扯淡的司法,扯淡的黑帮,扯淡的家族,扯淡的社会,扯淡的世界,扯淡的电影。
异常沉重的一部影片。。结尾的那一枪刺痛人心。
黑道家庭的生存法则,Jackie Weaver的气场好足
把犯罪片拍成文艺片还不真是谁都能干的事情
隐忍而发、紧张刺激,可不是拿来乱用滴!
最后一枪减一星
镜头很好看,但是情节一般。其实贪婪和暴戾的我们才像是动物。
不知道看了什么。
好闷的片子……又闷又闷又长
整体竟然不错呀;这孩子是有多会演小变态
有些拖沓,不过整部影片看下来还是很给力!
没有看明白,不加以评论。
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