I am very fond of Aussie productions as a whole, William Kelly would be the exception, gratuitous violence was strike 1, two stories are being told as if the director/producer fell in love with and bought two books. Unable to make up his mind on which to go with he tried to work them into one, it didn't work. Strike 3 Playing "Whose the enemy.", Could it be the English soldiers who treat the Aussies like last week's fish, the Turk's for certain, they are on the Axis's side, and here at home we have the criminal cattle/wife rustlers.
The film prey's on the watchers basic emotions playing the crowd like a bass drum.
*Yes, I know it's a war film, in part, I have 2500 War films, documentaries, and battle films. Not one seems to stress blood and guts as William Kelly. "Less is More" should be tattooed on the forehead of every film student.
Review of William Kelly's War
