Movie
The Hard Word
Synopsis
Three brothers who would argue that crime does pay have a hard time getting their fair share of the proceeds in this witty action thriller from Australia. Dale Twentyman (Guy Pearce) and his brothers, Mal (Damien Richardson) and Shane (Joel Edgerton), are serving time together in prison for robbery. Dale is the brains and the cool head of the group, Mal is the eager-to-please nice guy, and Shane is something of a loose cannon. Dale and his siblings are eager to get out of jail, and their lawyer, Frank Malone (Robert Taylor), has pulled a deal that could pare some time off their sentences, though the arrangement is strictly off the books. Mick Kelly (Vince Colosimo) and Jack O'Riordan (Paul Sonkkila) are a pair of crooked police detectives who have arranged with Malone to give the Twentyman brothers day passes from jail in order to pull bank robberies, with the siblings' share held in escrow until they're released. Dale thinks something a bit off in this operation, and his suspicions are confirmed when Malone tells the brothers after they're granted their early release that they won't get their money until they pull one last job -- an ambitious robbery at a Melbourne race track on the day of the nation's biggest horse race. Dale is convinced he smells a rat -- especially since he has good reason to suspect that Malone is having an affair with his wife, Carol (Rachel Griffiths). The Hard Word marked the directorial debut for writer/director Scott Roberts.
Cast
- Guy Pearce
- Rachel Griffiths
- Robert Taylor
- Joel Edgerton
- Damien Richardson
- Rhondda Findleton
- Kate Atkinson
- Vince Colosimo
- Paul Sonkkila
- Kym Gyngell
- Kim Gyngell
- Dorian Nkono
- Stephen Whittaker
- Torquil Neilson
- Don Bridges
- Doug Bowles
- Greg Fleet
- Ross Daniels
- Peter Regan
- Roger Neave
- Jason Gilchrist
- Jasper Bagg
- Niniane Le Page
- Beth Buchanan
- Frank Kennedy
- Tony Jones
- Louise Crawford
- Mischelle Radford
- Kerry Cole
- Colwyn Roberts
- Georgie Bax
- Leanne McCulloch
- Nash Edgerton
- Aris Gounaris
- James Shaw
- James Charters
- Gary Rens
- Wasim Saba
- Phil Pollard
- Tahu Marumaru
- Marc Calderazzo
- Jeff Thorp
- Brian Breheny
- Jeffrey Thorp
- Ann Robinson
- Martin Connor
- Scott Roberts
- Gareth Jones
- Paddy Reardon
- Brian J. Breheny
- Terry Ryan
- Hilary Davis
