movie review - Chopper
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Sydney, 2000.08.19
This is an Aussie film about their most famous real-life criminal, a 'stand-over man' name Mark 'Chopper' Read. Read is an irredeemably violent man, and a paranoid psychotic with a taste for the limelight. He thrashes about in a hopeless downward spiral, hurting everyone in his life.
It is very very Australian, and worth watching from that standpoint alone. Unfortunately, it never really engages the viewer, somehow, though the lead character is certainly a fascinating asshole.
Recommended.