The Nothing Men (2008)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Mark Fitzpatrick

Writer:

Mark Fitzpatrick (written by)

Release Date:

2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Panic and intrigue grip the lives of a group of hardened factory workers with the arrival of a man they...

Cast

David Field	...	David Snedden
Colin Friels	...	Jack Simpson
Martin Dingle-Wall	...	Wesley Timms
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brendan Clearkin	...	Des
Michael Denkha	...	Vince
Sonja Tallis	...	Maggie
Simon Van Der Stap	...	Kip
Andrew Windsor	...	Simon

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Alchemy Film Productions

Very good movie (Red or no Red)

I just saw this movie a couple of hours ago at the USC, Los Angeles, and am now writing this review. I went to see this movie because the USC website promoted this movie as the first one of the first feature length movies to be shot entirely using Red One Camera.

Sure enough, Red is amazing! The picture quality is far beyond what one expects from HD. However, the movie would have been excellent even without the use of Red One.

I never heard of the actors in this movie, and I am not much exposed to Australian cinema either, except perhaps for The Castle and The Babe. But this movie was really a good experience (the wine & refreshment after the movie did not hurt either). This is a very nice movie with an explosive (yes, that is the word they used) ending. And they say, it cost them only $400,000 to make this movie (If I heard correctly what they told in the Q&A session).

I really enjoyed the story and the superb acting by the cast. In fact, the acting was often so good that it made me think at times that they were non-actors (sorry Martin Dingle-Wall, I did not mean to insult you, when I asked what your primary occupation was; it was an off-handed complement!). The cinematography was also excellent, though 80% of the movie happens under the claustrophobic atmosphere of the inside of a factory, whose glory days are a thing of the past. Perhaps I could connect more with the movie, because some of the evens depicted in the movie either happened to me or my neighbors.

Highly recommended.