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Rating: 7 stars

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Australia based on a true story outback bandits 1800s cross dressing

All movies seen on 12/02/2020

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True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

Directed by Justin Kurzel

Crime | Drama | History

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.

Rated R | Length 124 minutes

Actors

George MacKay | Nicholas Hoult | Essie Davis | Russell Crowe | Charlie Hunnam | Orlando Schwerdt | Earl Cave | Sean Keenan | Thomasin McKenzie | Rory Collins | Jacob Collins-Levy | Marlon Williams | Gentle Ben Corbett | Claudia Karvan | Harry Greenwood | Josephine Blazier | Louis Hewison | Jillian Nguyen | Jack Charles | Will McNeill | Paul Capsis | Danzal Baker | Claerwen Brown | Asmara Feik | Mo Scott | Winona Keegan | Chase Oosterweghel | Daniel P. Jones | Tilly Lawless | Rian Goodge | Ross Knight | Lola Hewison | Markella Kavenagh | Paul Rochford | Steve Bradshaw | Andrew Wright | Fox Curry | Anni Finsterer | Kane Swain | Paul Hallett | Louis Vogel | Saiyif Canaan | Charlie Chrimes | Marlo Cobham | Luca Concilia | Will Cornish | Mitchell Crow | Malik Furlong | Couper Gross | Michael Hastie | Malakai Hersburgh | Jack Keenan | Zach Kennedy | Khan James-Parker | Maya Lineham | Flynn Martin | Benjamin Macdonald | Harry McClements | Will McIntyre | Felix McLeod | Mitchell McMaster | Laughlin Moeller | Harry Musgove | Bailey Smith | Charlie Stock | Daniel Sultana | Jan Wilmar | Chelsie Witnish | Amy Christian

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Saw this at Walmart months ago and, based on the cast alone, looked interesting despite not having heard of the movie so I put the request in at my library InterLoan. Did not realize that for whatever reason (perhaps bc it’s just a “new” movie) that the waitlist would be so long. Finally got the blu and had a limited window to view bc it’s still in demand.

I’m ignorant of the real life Ned Kelly and his exploits so I don’t know what’s really true and where they embellished for the movie production but overall this is a solid flick. Definitely learned a few things about this period in Australian history during the mid to late 1800s. As mentioned, it’s the cast that drew me to this title and it’s the cast that makes this work. Essie Davis is particularly great… no shocker there. George McKay carries the movie as Ned Kelly and does it well enough. The supporting characters done by Russell Crowe and Charlie Hunnam are standouts. Thomasin McKenzie actually appears younger than she did in the last two films I saw her in so I wonder when this film was shot.

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