Silver Screen in 2017 {Killing Ground}

Australian films and Australia's love affair with downloads. This will start as more of a lecture to the big cinema players in Australia AKA Hoyts and Event Cinemas.

I will get to the review of Killing Ground, but first I need to get this out. Here is the trailer first and then hold my weave back cause, bitch I'm going in....



One: Australian Arts Minister Mitch Fifield (Oh yeah this is the same dude who had no idea Channel Ten was being purchased by the Americans, good one), can you make sure Australian large cinema players Event Cinemas and Hoyts give Australian films a go at the Box Office. I live in Sydney, Hoyts - Broadway and Entertainment Quarter (formerly Fox Studios) no sessions of the Killing Ground for the opening weekend. Event Cinemas George Street, one session per day. At 4 fucking 40 PM!

This film had more sessions in it's advance screenings last weekend. So my prop to Minister Fifield, legislate that Australian films can at least have a minimum of four sessions per day for an opening weekend. Anything less is a waste.

Two: Why block pirate/torrent sites yet allow Foxtel to command control over content whilst the back end does not even support demand for shows like Game of Thrones?

Torrent sites are part of the problem, but if you don't have money to waste year round on Foxtel, or the movie you want to see has no session times, how does one get content?

Three: When are people/cinema owners going to give Choovie a go? The idea is brilliant and you may shift more tickets, meaning more sales of popcorn and all the other shit you sell in your cinemas.

So yes I am mad, the Australian cinema scene/entertainment game is dying a slow painful death like the NRL. You need to embrace the likes of Netflix and get with the Choovie pricing model.

Now to this movie, I loved it, the scenery was great, Pedersen was brilliant as the villain and at 46 still looking a little sexy.

This will unfortunately unlike my above argument not be everyone's cup of tea but it was one of the most thrilling movies I have seen in a while. When the tension builds and the story gets going, it really gets going.

Impressive stuff and despite being difficult to track down and see, I enjoyed this 3.5 Stars.