Predictable around every corner, driven entirely by plot, The Square is watchable as a trip down the rabbit hole of disastrous scheming stemmed from greed and adultery. I've just seen this story too many times to intrigue me from a new angle.

Second film of the Letterboxd Festival.

Good tense Australian thriller, Chris and his Mistress decide to run away when she finds a bag of money in her house, which her husband has nicked, and as the Australian's would say "Thing's go really tit's up".

Moral of the story don't cheat on your partner or have a mullet.

The debut feature film by Nash Edgarton (and written by his brother Joel, of Warrior fame) is a grim tale of a plan gone wrong, in a similar vein to Fargo, but without the humor.

Good performances all around, and a solid script make this worth a watch, but be warned that it's a very bleak look at the dark possibilities of what happens when people make huge, huge mistakes. While nothing goes right for our protagonist, his often stupid actions are mostly believable in the context of the situation he's got himself into.

Not as strong a debut as I was hoping for from Nash, who's two short films 'lucky' and 'spider' showed huge potential, but still a worthy entry in modern Australian crime drama.

Kitchen sink noir from Australia's Edgerton family. A bag of money sends lives into a tailspin type deal. Worth spinning o Netflix instant.

"The Square" es un thriller australiano que me recordo un poco a "A Simple Plan" de Sam Raimi. Aqui contamos con una pareja adultera que decide robarle al esposo de la mujer y quemar la casa donde se encontraba el dinero. Pronto las cosas van de mal en peor cuando surgen acontecimientos imprevistos que se tornan tragicos.
Las actuaciones en "The Square" son muy buenas (en especial de David Roberts, quien interpreta a un contratista tratando de controlar la dificil situacion) y la cinta mantiene un buen nivel de tension a traves de la historia. Sin duda es la clase de pelicula en la cual no podemos preveer un final feliz para sus protagonistas. Aun asi es una pelicula envolvente.

Decent Aussie thriller from the brothers Edgerton.

A bracingly nasty domestic noir in the classic ordinary-people-out-of-their-depth tradition. Convincingly presents an idyllic, slightly dull Australian suburb with all sorts of sleaziness bubbling away under the surface. The script is sharp, doesn't waste a single character and mercilessly enmeshes our "heroes" in a web of bad luck and worse decisions.

Average thriller from Australia, that feels like it could have been made for TV. There are far too many coincidences that aim to push the plot forward, and only ends up dragging this film down. The final climatic scene was both predictable and surprising. Some good acting though - in particular from Edgerton who came across as a detached onlooker with only his reputation at stake.

Decent thriller with a finely constructed story and good acting.

It's the kind of movie in which everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Maybe a bit too much, because it becomes very bleak, very fast. Which is a problem because the main character (or anyone else for that matter) isn't a that sympathetic and there for doesn't leave you very invested in the outcome.

From Australia comes a film about cheating and the consequences that can come with it. A strange film that has a violent very dark undertone with arson, murder and bribery.

This was actually very interesting the most confusing part for me was the story of the dogs, the ending of that story is a bit of a shock as is the ending of this film. If you are into tension based thinking stories then this film is worth seeing, will have you on the edge of your seat.

Adultery, blackmail, intrigue and murder is in abundance in this tight little low budget thriller from Oz.

I enjoyed it, kept me guessing where it was going right to the end, but then again i'm a sucker for Australian cinema.