Film No. 18 (2025) March 3rd. 1:15 PM EVENT CINEMAS, Cine 9, Innaloo.
"He's not your friend. People like Warren only go down, and he'll take you with him". (Prison Liaison Colleen wises Mel up to who he should trust while inside).
WINNER: Awgie Award, Original Feature (Charles Williams) Australian Writers Guild (2025).
How does a first time feature writer/director (Charles Williams) gain the services of star performer Guy Pearce? Send him the script and have him so excited he offers to co-produce. That's how!
It's rare to see a prison drama revolve around the premise of a hardened juvenile inmate transitioning into mainstream prison life. Williams gives us Mel (Vincent Miller). We enter a Barwon-like gaol with Mel. And forget the sugar-coating served in HOW TO MAKE GRAVY, Mel has arrived to serve time with "the big boys". Prison Liaison, Colleen (Tammy McIntosh), has concerns for his safety, so she assigns Warren Murfett (Pearce) as his mentor. Briefly, we are lulled into believing that Murfett will heal most of Mel's "wounds". Not so. Murfett is far more wounded than Mel. His world revolves around survival and protecting his neck. Or could it be that his insecurities lead Mel to a new resolve? Pearce gives dimensions to Murfett which propel INSIDE to 4 star cinema. And while the Fantale, was a great idea, it lacked the punch it deserved.
INSIDE is not a "quiet night at the flix" pic. Pearce will attract a crowd, and so he should, but don't expect the Guy we most often get. Here you'll get a different perspective from an actor who knows his craft. Murfett has stayed with me since I met him. 10GUMS.
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