Regie:
Quentin MastersDrehbuch:
Terry LarsenKamera:
Geoff BurtonMusik:
Cameron AllanBesetzung:
Gia Carides, Bruce Spence, Tony Barry, Moya O'Sullivan, Terry Camilleri, Max Cullen, David Argue, James Laurie, John Clayton, Maggie Blinco (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Set against a background of high-risk sprintcar driving, Midnite Spares tells the action-packed story of a motley team of grease monkeys and speedway freaks who take on a massive car stealing and stripping racket in the west of Sydney.They quickly discover that they’re not only battling a tough and highly organised auto crime cartel – but also the bent cops who protect them. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(mehr)Kritiken (1)
Midnite Spares epitomises the ethos of Australian automotive white-trash culture in a bizarre mishmash of genres. In the characteristically physically tense and superficially raw style of contemporary Australian genre movies, it combines elements of rebellious romances, teen comedies, social soap operas, racing films, crime movies and action flicks with stunt scenes. The film is thus inhabited by too many characters who individually relate to the above-mentioned categories, but they unfortunately don’t get enough space in the hasty, fragmented narrative to fulfil their potential. Midnite Spares will thus be remembered primarily as a notable genre portrait of the social and ethnic minorities of Australia at the time. Or as a precursor to both the Fast & Furious franchise and Prušinovský’s Grand Prix, but without the spectacle of the former and the consistent depiction of the characters and setting found in the latter.
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