![]() Writer Blake Ayshford’s story is a gripping period piece, beautifully set in 1970’s Australia and recalls some of the most stylish Ozploitation films of that era. He has found honest work and even becomes engaged but the prospect of this new life is challenged when his foreboding and charismatic cell mate Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) tracks him down upon his own release. His ruthlessness makes the film an incredibly tense thriller you never know what terror he’s going to bring down on Sparra and Paula next. Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s, Cut Snake tells the story of Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell), an ex-convict who is trying to make a new life for himself in a new city. Sullivan’s Pommie is one tough, unstable character you would not want in your house for a sleepover. The film tracks the relationship between Sparra (Alex Russell) and Paula (Jessica De Gouw) and the impact on their lives of the charismatic and dangerous Pommie. Paula is intrigued by the charming Pommie. ![]() Sparra has kept his past a secret from Paula, but with the arrival of Pommie comes the unravelling of all his hard work at starting a new life. The title of film comes from an Australian idiom “Mad as a cut snake.” It’s like “Mad as a hatter” but with distinctly more dangerous implications and Director Tony Ayres makes sure Cut Snake is chock full of dangerous madness. But their life gets turned upside down when a man from Sparra’s past called Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) shows up. Sparra refuses of course, but there is more driving Pommie than business and he is not about to be denied. Cut Snake 51 Metascore 2014 1 hr 34 mins Suspense R Watchlist In this intense crime thriller set in mid-70s Melbourne, an ex-cons attempts to go straight and start a new life with his fiancée are. 5.9 1 h R Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s, 'Cut Snake' tells the tale of Sparra Farrell, an ex-convict who is trying to make a new life for himself. He has a solid job and an adorable fiancée named Paula, and already owns a modest house in the country outside Melbourne. The 1974 setting and a series of robberies, chases and dust-ups take us into the realm of 1970s Australian cop shows. The love triangle takes us into the realm of melodrama. Even less so when James starts pushing Sparra to return with him to his old criminal ways. Young, charismatic, and hardworking, Sparra Farrell seems to be sailing into a happy, respectable life. Paula (Jessica De Gouw) and Sparra (Alex Russell) have their plans rudely interrupted by the arrival of a blast from his past in the form of Pommie. Sparra has started life over in a new city, has job prospects, and a new fiancée Paula (Jessica De Gouw) he is none too keen to see his old roomie. James ‘Pommie’(Sullivan Stapleton), freshly released from prison, decides to look up his old cellmate Sparra (Alex Russell).
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