Romper Stomper

Pas vraiment un film familial, il explore les excès d'un gang de skinheads dans une ville australienne. Au début, il n'est pas facile de suivre cette bande de brutes en tant que principaux "héros" - j'ai tenu toutes mes marques de soutien pour les Asiatiques avec leurs battes de baseball. Cependant, en dévoilant les amitiés et les affaires amoureuses entre eux, le film prend de l'ampleur et se dirige avec succès vers une finale précise et légèrement sarcastique. Cela compense également l'inquiétude initiale du spectateur face à l'attitude impartiale du film envers le mal et la violence représentés. Russell Crowe est excellent, mais la musique bon marché m'a un peu dérangé. J'ai hésité entre 4 étoiles, mais je les ai réservées à un film plus complexe et plus développé sur le plan narratif, American History X ... Une particularité intéressante est que l'interprète de Gabe (Jacqueline McKenzie) était en réalité dépendante de l'héroïne et l'interprète de son amant, le deuxième personnage principal Davey (le génial Daniel Pollock), est réellement tombé amoureux d'elle pendant le tournage, avant de se suicider en se jetant sous un train à la fin du tournage. (09/06/2005)

Even a beginner's mistake cannot excuse the fact that simply taking a camera and spending an hour and a half among skinheads is not good enough. That's exactly how the director's attitude towards the film comes across, i.e., as mere posturing that has far less meaning than its basic idea promises. Despite being authentically raw in its form with colorless camera filters, which adds to its "handheld" feel, it fails to detach itself from its profound shallowness. Its lack of narrative value, along with a multitude of flat characters whose behavior is "explained" as a struggle for racial purity in their country, keeps it firmly rooted in mediocrity. Perhaps only the glimpse of the later Hollywood idol Russell Crowe, who fits perfectly into his "neo-Nazi" character with a butcher-like appearance, can slightly alleviate the impression of a film that fizzles out even before the closing credits roll. (12/08/2005)

Very naturalistic. The director didn't mess around with anything and served us a story full of blood, revenge, and anger. It just needed a more tangible plot so Russell Crowe's performance wouldn't be lost, which is exactly what happened. (24/10/2004)

Film about ugly cruel people, who eventually pay the price for being ugly and cruel. Racism is one of the most incomprehensible things that occur in our society, but it still stems from hatred and fear. Russell Crowe already showed at the beginning of his career how great of an actor he is. A simple story, but still effective. (28/02/2016)

Russell Crowe as the true believing leader of a group of Aussie skinheads who, in addition to beating up Asians and robbing shops, also manage to get festively trashed and always find a nice squat to hole up in. It has an extremely simple script and the camera is mediocre at best, but it has such a "fan(t)a(s)tically anarchic" atmosphere the whole time that it's simply impossible to tear yourself away from it. [70%] (07/02/2022)