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Blackrock (1997) is a English movie. Steven Vidler has directed this movie. Laurence Breuls,Linda Cropper,Simon Lyndon,Chris Haywood are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1997. Blackrock (1997) is considered one of the best Drama,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
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Stunning acting from a young cast
The subject matter is completely galling, that of a mass rape and subsequent murder of a teenage girl. This movie's strength however should not be underestimated. It doesn't really attempt to moralise or provide answers, it simply examines the interactions of the teenagers affected by the tragedy. Great acting from a young cast, I have to disagree with dita-3 suggesting that the characters don't develop. The main problem that today's youth faces worldwide is the fact that they are increasingly apathetic and lack true ambition. This movie sets out to make you think, and is overlaid with a churning grungey soundtrack throbbing it's way through. A lovely poignant moment with the Cranberries "No Need To Argue" playing, but the film never dips into sentimentality. Hollywood would have liked to pour a healthy dose of treacle over the ending, thank goodness they never had the chance to do so. I cannot recommended this film highly enough
Is anyone else who commented aware that this is based on a true story?
I am so glad that I am not the girl who was called "Cherie" in the movie as the above comments on "how it is supposed to make us think" etc, is irrelevant. She was Tracey Warners (Leigh Lee's) best friend and suffered along with the rest of the innocents portrayed in Blackrock. I lived 5 minutes away from Stockton (which is the "mythical" town in which Blackrock is set), and I remember this murder happening at the time. It is unfair to judge this movie on "the ideals" we were meant to gain from watching it as it was a factual encounter. It is too bad if you don't "get" this film, as it is not meant to be "got". It happened. As for the characters not evolving - well, you will have to take that up with the people on who they were depicting. I am sure that they are sorry that their everyday lives do not summarise the lives YOU think they should have led.
Brilliant Aussie film, CLASSIC!!!!
Blackrock should go down as one of the best Aussie films around. I remember when it came out in 97' n' i thought it was the coolest movie, n' disturbing . I saw the play in High school at the Bogga Road Jail in 98'too. The acting is great from all the cast, especially Simon Lyndon, one of his best performances and the filming is shot so well. I listen to the soundtrack all the time, its awesome. Songs from The Cruel Sea, Sidewinder, Rebeca's Empire, Beast of Burben and The Cranberry's, they set the time and place. This film would get pretty disturbing for some viewer's but stuff like this does happen. But i think it's a great film, go check it out!! David Field has a small roll in this but brilliant acting, if your an Aussie n' you have'nt seen it, GET IT NOW!!! 9/10
what would you do?
I bought this film on DVD for 1 UK pound and have watched it over and over again a great story handled with care and told from no one in particulars point of view. OK so its not going to win any Oscars for having the biggest budget but i cant recommend this enough a truly under rated piece of Aussie cinema. If your looking for something different rent it or buy it i imagine you can pick it up cheap enough anywhere in the free world. A lot of great photography and beautiful Australian scenery great direction great script. also a ton of great music (austrailia and new Zealand have the best undiscovered bands music scenes and movies)
Superb Australian Drama
Black Rock is an excellent little known Australian film, with the fact that Heath Ledger has a very small role in it (his first) being one of the only things giving it any recognition today. The plot is that of a more or less run of the mill drama, the story centered around a young girl who gets raped at a party which focuses on the repercussions that it strikes throughout the community. The story is simple, but the implications that extend beyond it because the way it is handled show that less can be more. Although some could see the film as a vehicle driven by shock value (there are thousands of other films esp. of the exploitation genre that feature "worse" depictions of rape), there is some incredible acting and a complex dramatic angle between characters at work here. The real star of this film is its display of early 90's Australian surfer youth culture, this film screams bogan and for the many who grew up in the era its pure nostalgia. The Aussie grunge/rock soundtrack is superb, making you think of the years long past and really strikes a raw nerve. The Australian landscapes are nothing short of beautiful and make me proud the land is my home. Black Rock is a great film, if you are looking to get into some great Australian movies you could do worse then starting here.