Snowtown Murders (2011)
AKA: Snowtown
Directed by: Justin Kurzel
Starring: Lucas Pittaway (Jamie Vlassakis), Daniel Henshall (John Bunting), Louise Harris (Elizabeth Harvey), Aaron Viergever (Robert Wagner), David Walker (Mark Haydon)
Country: Australia
Language: English (Eng Subs)
Runtime: 02:00:03
Genres: Based on a True Story, Serial Killers, Old-Young Themed, Siblings-Family, Incest, Rape-Sexual-Violence against Men, Violence Against-Animals, Revenge, Torture
Plot – Spoilers:
This is based on the Snowtown Murders that occurred in the ’90s.
Jamie lives in squalor with his mother and several brothers in an Australian suburb. His father and half-brother occasionally drop by, and unintentionally remind Jamie of the hopelessness of his own future. But his future is the least of Jamie’s immediate concerns. His mother’s poor choice of boyfriends leaves him and his younger brothers open to abuse, and he’s also got a nasty older brother at home.
Into their world walks in John, who seems worldly-wise and immediately takes on the protector role. John is aggressive while being protective, but he also breathes life into their world. The kids now eat regular meals, and his culinary skills are among the many things he seems smug about.
As the months roll by, Jamie is drawn further into John’s world which is mostly that of a pedo-hunter – for this, they rely on a crossdressing pedo who rats out other pedophiles.
Random Thoughts – Massive Spoilers:
The real John Bunting was abused as a child, but his actions later on in life seem calculated. Him targeting pedos seems like serial killers who went after prostitutes – a convenient way to get kills in, while minimizing interest from the law.
Jamie’s actions too leave you confused – for all the abuse and desensitization – can you fully sympathize with him?
I went to the same school as Jamie Vlassakis. He was on the badminton team.
? Wow. Just finished watching this. Would you know how true the portrail was in the movie? If that’s how it really went down, that kid didn’t deserve the sentence he got. Yes, he was involved but through no fault of his own. Blimey, I’m the same age as him. But I guess people didn’t have a clue what was going on until the end. Did you ever happen to notice anything odd?
i think that fat guy. (mr big shit) is who did it and try to cover it. since he was too hard on the poor man who was tortured innocently.
Really? May I ask what kind of person was he like as school ,do you think this film portrayed him accurately and as someone from Europe & not familiar with this case ,do you think again it’s accurate or OTT? I read on IMBD that non of the actors including Lucas who played Jamie had no acting experience & actually lived in that very housing estate.The actress playing his mum was actually out of work & struggling to bring her see son up as a single mum on benefits ..amazing !
I was last acquainted with him back in 1993 (when he suddenly withdrew mid-year from our school), before his family moved out to the northern suburbs. As best I remember, he was small for his age, mature and avoided trouble so was seen as a bit “nerdy”, but got along with others and was well-liked.
Only a couple of memories stand out:
1. He knew when was 12 years old that he wanted to be an Ambulance Officer (Paramedic) when he grew up, and showed some of us at school a folder he had of certificates (swimming? first aid?) which he thought would eventually help with this goal. This seemed a grounded and realistic career choice when most of us were still daydreaming about being doctors or fighter pilots.
2. A time he got upset when another kid did a lame impression of an epileptic attack, stating that he’d seen people have real epileptic seizures.
We didn’t associate outside of school and I didn’t know anything about his family life, or that he had brothers (who presumably didn’t attend our school).
Lots of people think Australia is the promise Land and everyone is happy here and having a good time, but in fact lots of abuse going on here on a daily basis, life i as Very boring and restricted, work pressure is killing and heaps load of Junkies fucking around every day. It’s not any better than any other country. You need to live here a decade to realise that.
Sydney and Melbourne are very nice !! Are you talking about other areas ?
Also I forgot to mention how fat, useless and ugly women are here. As if there was a criteria at the border to let in only rubbish ones.
You have major problems my friend..go and take a good long look in the mirror !
You sound fucked up enough to be in one of these movies, cunt.
your a piece of shit
I Wish you could like comments on here
This should be doable. In a day or two.
Thanks, are you guys planning on adding reaction buttons too?
The voting buttons are simple emoticons
You can dumb ass
wow – pretty fucked up words coming from ugly guy who is maybe over weight and totally useless !
Way to trigger the habitual victims, OJ… A whole group of the annoying little sods too. Nice job, mate.
Shut up mikey ♥
Maybe your women, you scrotum.
idk i kinda agree,it’s pretty funny
It’s a good thing that none of them want you then lol
I thoroughly enjoyed that film but I don’t know what this says about me but I had to take my headphones off and look away when they shot the dog ( did they do it? ) and when they chipped up the poor kangaroos can’t stand seeing animals hurt…and yes to the troll boys who hang out around here I’ be been vegetarian for over 40 yrs!lol?
I just read in The Guardian’s review of this film (a really good review) that the young actors in this film ( including the boys mother) ALL had no acting experience and actually lived in that housing associations housing estate
.Apparently emergency services have to get protection sometimes to attend emergencies for fear of attack by gangs.Just brought to mind driving years ago in my old hometown in the UK & as I turned the corner I ran into a huge gang of shaven headed white kids throwing bricks at the poor firemen and wrecked their truck ,the guys had come to rescue the landlord of a local pub ..the kids had set fire to that too ! It shows that poverty & deprivation in disenfranchised communities….the problems are the same the world over ! Even look like the same houses !
a very good and controvers movie…..thank you very much admin!
“can you fully sympathise with him?” what kind of a thing is that to say? a joke? of course i fully sympathise with him, what decent human being wouldnt. he had no part in this other than the fact he was forced through threat, and some violence. he also knew what these men were capable of, and they could easily have turned him into their next victim had he not played his role as instructed at any point. they traumatized and ruined him. his empathy shows tears streaming down his face over and over, unable to catch his breath. he was never once complicit. desensitized? it all affected him so severely that at one point he was on drugs to cope. as far as i am concerned, he is completely innocent. his true nature does not even resemble those men.
Great film, 5/5! There’s so much shit going on that whole two hours felt like 30 minutes, Jesus this was awesome!
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Ass Eater 223, are you a male or female ass eater, or both?
i am god
Yeah, you keep telling yourself that. What sort of god eats ass? You are obviously delusional and/or need psychiatric help.
Thank you for your observation of my mental state I love you baby girl <3
You take yourself much too seriously.
I knew it
I can deal with the homophobia but leave the dog out of it.
he’s definitely out of it ????
All I have to say is that this was a very well crafted film.
Do not recommend. made no sense. 7/10
should Jamie be released?
there is a movie i dont remember the name but maybe if i describe it a little maybe it would help if someone out there know it’s title. the story goes like this a brother or maybe a friend he is young and does surfing then the dad comes home and find this guy doing bad things to his little child daughter then he takes him to basement and torture the shit out of him. i really liked that movie so much potential in it and i hate pedophiles to blood. and if i catch monster like that in real i will do the same to him or her if they wronged a child. children is sacred and flowers of our future. and there is a similar movie like the one i talked about too were to couple lose their child to a child molestor and they also torture him at basement but turn out to be the wrong guy. nvm the first movie i talked about is this haha i jumped to conclusion before i gave the movie some time to reveal itself hahahaha
Daniel Henshall (who plays John Bunting) is perfect for this role. Truly frightening. Good movie. Recommended. There is a documentary about the Snowtown Murders that is more frightening and graphic than this film.
Man, I really wanted to like this movie, but I just found it really boring. I can definitely see why people like it though.
so she finds out that her ex did some fucked up shit to her kids and freaks out then a new guy show’s up with a motorcycle and she just pops her kid on a motorcycle and let’s him drive away with him what a great mother. ha ha ha shoves the kids head lol.you had your dinner now fuck off i’m fucking dying