Two Hands

 

Two Hands 1999

• Director: Jordan Gregor
• Seen by this director: Ned Kelly
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long, Tony Forrow, Rose Byrne
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Heath Ledger – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Dark Knight, Casanova, Brokeback Mountain, The Brothers Grimm, Ned Kelly, The Monster’s Ball, A Knight’s Tale, 10 Things I Hate about You
• Bryan Brown – Australia, Gorillas in the Mist, Cocktail, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
• Rose Byrne – X-Men Apocalypse, I Give It a Year, X-Men First Class, 28 Weeks Later, Sunshine, The Dead Girl, Casanova, Star Wars Episode II
• Why? Heath Ledger
• Seen: 19 September 2022      

       Jimmy (Ledger) hustles customers into a strip joint in Sydney but he gets a new job for the local Boss (Brown) delivering ten thousand dollars. He screws up when two kids find the stash and spend it. The Boss and his gang are now after Jimmy, who has fallen for Alex (Byrne) the sister of a friend. Poor Jimmy is not the smartest baby gangster in the world and one bad thing follows another.

       The whole story is told by a grey long-haired bullet-ridden ghost.

       What an odd, somewhat amusing little film. What a start for the Legendary Ledger.

       Gangster films are not my thing, even gangster comedy films but it’s entertaining in parts. 

2 ½ * of 5