Director:
Geoffrey WrightGuión:
Geoffrey WrightCámara:
Ron HagenReparto:
Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Alex Scott, Leigh Russell, Dan Wyllie, John Brumpton, Don Bridges, Steve Millichamp, Frank Magree (más)Sinopsis(1)
ROMPER STOMPER is a morally ambiguous look at a group of neo-Nazis raising hell in Melbourne, Australia. A gang of vacant, brutish young thugs headed by a terrifying but charismatic MEIN KAMPF-quoting skinhead named Hando declares war on a community of Vietnamese immigrants. In between bouts of vicious racial violence, Hando picks up a drug-addicted rich girl in a bar and adopts her as his lover. When Hando's second-in-command, the more sensitive, semihumane Davey, falls for Hando's new girlfriend, the stage is set for a potentially explosive love triangle. (texto oficial de la distribuidora)
(más)Reseñas (5)
No es exactamente una película familiar, ya que indaga en las travesuras de un grupo de cabezas rapadas en una ciudad australiana. Al principio, no es fácil seguir a un grupo de bastardos como «protagonistas»; yo tenía todos los dedos cruzados por los asiáticos con gorras de béisbol. Sin embargo, la amistad y las relaciones amorosas entre ellos se toman un respiro y la película llega con éxito a un final acertado y suavemente sarcástico. Esto también compensa el malestar inicial del espectador ante la actitud indiferente de la película hacia el mal y la violencia mostrados. Russell Crowe está excelente, me molestó un poco la música cursi. Estaba considerando 4*, pero se las di a la historia más compleja y más elaborada American History X... Una cosa bien interesante es que la actriz que interpreta a Gabe (Jacqueline McKenzie) fuera en realidad una adicta a la heroína, y que el actor que interpreta a su amante Davey (el excelente Daniel Pollock) se enamorara realmente de ella durante el rodaje, y se suicida saltando delante de un tren una vez terminado el rodaje.
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Even a beginner's mistake cannot excuse the fact that simply taking a camera and spending an hour and a half among skinheads is not good enough. That's exactly how the director's attitude towards the film comes across, i.e., as mere posturing that has far less meaning than its basic idea promises. Despite being authentically raw in its form with colorless camera filters, which adds to its "handheld" feel, it fails to detach itself from its profound shallowness. Its lack of narrative value, along with a multitude of flat characters whose behavior is "explained" as a struggle for racial purity in their country, keeps it firmly rooted in mediocrity. Perhaps only the glimpse of the later Hollywood idol Russell Crowe, who fits perfectly into his "neo-Nazi" character with a butcher-like appearance, can slightly alleviate the impression of a film that fizzles out even before the closing credits roll.
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Very naturalistic. The director didn't mess around with anything and served us a story full of blood, revenge, and anger. It just needed a more tangible plot so Russell Crowe's performance wouldn't be lost, which is exactly what happened.
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Film about ugly cruel people, who eventually pay the price for being ugly and cruel. Racism is one of the most incomprehensible things that occur in our society, but it still stems from hatred and fear. Russell Crowe already showed at the beginning of his career how great of an actor he is. A simple story, but still effective.
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Russell Crowe as the true believing leader of a group of Aussie skinheads who, in addition to beating up Asians and robbing shops, also manage to get festively trashed and always find a nice squat to hole up in. It has an extremely simple script and the camera is mediocre at best, but it has such a "fan(t)a(s)tically anarchic" atmosphere the whole time that it's simply impossible to tear yourself away from it. [70%]
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