Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2002


The Hard Word

Buy The Hard Word now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'The Hard Word' (released in some regions as 'The Australian Job') is a 2002 Australian crime film about three bank-robbing brothers who are offered a role in a bold heist while serving time in prison. The film was written and directed by Scott Roberts, and stars Guy Pearce and Rachel Griffiths.

Plot



The plot centers around three brothers, sophisticated armed robbers led by the shrewd Dale who work with their long-time lawyer, Frank and corrupt police to pull off the biggest heist in Australian history. Matters become complicated when Dale begins to realize that while he's been in jail his wife, Carol has been sleeping with Frank, who has schemes of his own.

The major heist is a reworking of the 1976 'Great Bookie Robbery', with a number of variations, including the murders of several people.

Box office



'The Hard Word' grossed $2,957,456 at the box office in Australia.[http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf 'Film Victoria Australian Films at the Australian Box Office']

Butcher talk



A few times Butcher talk ("Rechtub klat") is spoken. At those times hard coded subtitles are used.

References




Buy The Hard Word now from Amazon

<-- Return to movies from 2002



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1102190752.