Wake in Fright
Drama • R • 1971 • 1 hr 49 min
Starring
Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson
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As an Aussie, I'd say it seems like a casual couple days. No but seriously, great film and great insight into the vulnerabilities of man.
Beats all other hangover part x movies by 100 vs 0
Watching this movie feels like experiencing a terrible nightmare. Muted, dusty realism that gradually descends into absolute madness. 5/5.
Hilarious and gruesome. Surely the world record for beers downed in film ahead of Beerfest.
It’s like the lost weekend crossed with the exterminating angel if both were set in the Australian outback. Beautiful and terrifying.
Visceral; it walks you slowly into the story and then pulls you into a speeding car and doesn’t let go for an hour. TRIGGER WARNING!
How about that? The best film about Australia was made by a Canadian.
A poster child for just saying no. Hunt scene was deeply unsettling. Pleasence was good, the story was just so off putting.
Strange, unique movie that veers into pretty over the top territory. Great main character as well
Am drunk. Great movie. The industrial revolution and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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