Romper Stomper

 Romper Stomper 1992

• Director: Geoffrey Wright
• Seen by this director: Macbeth
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Russell Crowe, Jacqueline McKenzie, Daniel Pollock
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Russell Crowe – The Water Diviner, Winter’s Tale, Man of Steel, Les Misérables, Robin Hood, A Good Year, A Beautiful Mind, Proof of Life, Gladiator
• Jacqueline McKenzie – The Water Diviner, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
• Why? Russell Crowe
• Seen: 23 January 2022      

       Hando (Crowe) and his gang of Nazi skinheads attack a couple Vietnamese immigrants. Gabe (McKenzie), a pill popping epileptic who rebels violently against her sexually abusive father, catches his eye and she joins the gang.

       Parties and orgies with White Supremacist heavy metal. Reading aloud from Mein Kampf. Violent battles between the immigrants and the Nazis.

       It’s brutal, grim, well done, and well-acted but I’m not sure that the message – hopefully that Nazism and violence are bad – reaches the right people. 

3* of 5.