Change Your Image
john-kelly-3
Reviews
The Last Outlaw (1980)
This is the film on which you define the "Kelly" yardstick
Its taken 26 years for this miniseries to come to DVD - and it is an Epic (I had to watch it over two nights) - nearly 8 hours of great Australian drama..
John Jarrett is simply the BEST - forget your Heath Ledgers or (god forbid the Mick Jagger impersonation !!!!) .. You should base your yardstick on Jarrett's performance - thats REAL NED..
Added to the fact that Jones & Binns were so much sticklers for detail - I didn't realised Bronwyn Binns had passed away and was sorry to hear it..
As one who has the same Kelly blood pumping through my veins, this should be a classic but has not received the accolades it should have - this is definitive Australian History, along with Remembrance Day and the day they sacked Whitlam - All November the 11th...
..SPOILER..
Of course Ned gets hung in the end of it - footage is from the real site (Old Melbourne Jail) and Ned Kelly's real gun gets a look in 100 years later with the gun that Harry Power gives Ned (looks like a sawn off)...
Kind of makes you think they should have done a little bit more than cardboard cutouts at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in regards to Ned..
Running Mates (2000)
A Fine but unfortunately a Sleeper
I found this film totally enthralling from start to finish, and it's actors performances - in particular Tom Selleck and Teri Hatcher - if you had rasberried them with their respective performances on the small screen as Magnum PI and dumb Lois Lane, this is a film to watch..it will pleasantly surprise you and turn you around as it has me.
Faye Dunaway is absolutely brilliant, and Laura Linney and Nancy Travis' characters bounce so well off each other.
The cover of the DVD has "Tom Selleck is Stellar!" - So are the four ladies mentioned above..absolutely Stellar - this is a great ensemble cast.
It could be compared to a lot of modern films, "Dave", "True Colours" etc, bit it has a uniqueness all its own. Totally recommended..