“The Terminator films are not really about the human race getting killed off by future machines. They’re about us losing touch with our humanity and becoming machines, which allows us to kill and brutalize each other. Cops think of all non-cops as less than they are, stupid, weak, and evil, they dehumanize the people they are sworn to protect and desensitize themselves in order to do that job.”
- James Cameron
The year is 1991. The police assault of Rodney…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Josh Lawson is the only thing that works in this movie but my gosh does he work. Easily the most accurate depiction of an Australian on screen. He doesn’t miss a beat. Incredible.
Has it really been ten years? As a filmmaker and a huge simp it’s beyond cliché to talk about how much I love this movie so I’ll keep it brief. I remember seeing this at 14 (wow) and it was like a lightning bolt of inspiration. There are lots of films I love but few that have impacted me so formatively. I immediately showed it to everyone I knew, spent hours poring over analyses and breakdowns, and wrote about four…
Scientific Fact: No matter what year it is, or where you are, if you point a camera at a group of young men one of them will say “Hi mum!”
I’m starting to think that all kiwis are imbued at birth with a perfect sense of comedic timing
