True History of the Kelly Gang
CrimeDramaWesternThriller
5.9/10
|FRAUGB
|en
|125 min
Release Date: 2019-11-23
Overview - Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.
Production Companies
Screen AustraliaDaybreak PicturesFilm VictoriaPorchlight FilmsRomulus FilmsFilm4 Productions
User Reviews
SWITCH.
10/10
I've now written a lot of words about 'True History of the Kelly Gang', but I really don't feel as though I've scratched the surface of this fascinating, complex and shattering film. Using the story of Ned Kelly and his exploits, the film unpacks the concept of Australian myth-making, questions the stories and figures on which we have constricted our Australian identity, and challenges the ideals ...
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Stephen Campbell
8/10
**_Is the truth relevant in myth-making?_** >_At the end of the day the fence were still not complete but my family had witnessed my new strength and they I could be the man._ - Peter Carey; _True History of the Kelly Gang_ (2000) >_And here is the thing about them men they was Australians they knew full well the terror of the unyielding law the historic memory of UNFAIRNESS were in their...
