Review of Two Hands (1999) by Tim S — 20 Sep 2007
Pando: Give em' ya fucking keys.
Acko: He's not taking my fucking car!
Pando: It's only gonna take twenty minutes, he needs a car, so give em ya fucking keys.
Acko: I just got the gearbox fixed.
Pando: Good, that means it works, now give em ya fucking keys.
Heath Ledger stars in this low budget Australian crime comedy thriller involving some bad sequences of events for a young man seeking something to do with himself.
Ledger is Jimmy, a strip club bouncer in Sydney who tries to get involved with a local big time drug dealer, only to lose the money he was supposed to deliver and forced to delve into the criminal underworld to get it back.
It's a very simple story, that has been clearly influenced by films like Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. That doesn't mean its not good though. Ledger and Brown, the drug dealer, are very good in their roles. It is Ledger that has to hold this film together, and he does a great job at it, combing his charm, good looks, and good senses to his character.
Its very briskly paced, with some inventive scenes, as well as some subtext involving fate that make this a fun flick.
Pando: You loaded your gun with old fucking bullets you put through the fucking wash?
This review of Two Hands (1999) was written by Tim S on 20 Sep 2007.
Two Hands has generally received positive reviews.
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