Fresh
The fact that Chopper is so engrossing and effective stems from the powerful performance of Eric Bana.
Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News
Chopper
Never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn.
2000 · 1h 34m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Andrew Dominik
Overview
The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.
Director and cast
- Andrew Dominik Director
- Eric Bana as Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read
- Simon Lyndon as Jimmy Loughnan
- Vince Colosimo as Neville Bartos
- David Field as Keithy George
- Bill Young as Detective Downie
- Dan Wyllie as Bluey
- Kate Beahan as Tanya
- Gary Waddell as Kevin Darcy
- Renée Brack as Television Interviewer
- Richard Sutherland as Prison Officer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Chopper plays like a nonfuturistic A Clockwork Orange.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Rotten
It's a great style, it's a fabulous performance, but it never quite finds what it's searching for.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Fresh
You cannot look away from him. The performance is so . . . strange.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The ways Read twists and embellishes the truth become progressively less interesting.
Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune
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