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True History of the Kelly Gang

2019 · 125 min

A raw, hallucinatory plunge into outlaw mythmaking, steeped in grime, fury, and a strange, sorrowful beauty.

Tagline: The British Empire branded them as outlaws. The oppressed called them heroes.
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.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and eerie. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Rebellion, family, identity, colonialism
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: rebellion
family
identity
colonialism
violence
Places: countryside
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong