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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
New Release Review: Hail (Amiel Courtin-Wilson, 2012)
Hail is the tale of a broken man without
self-control, and stuck within the confines of a violent criminal past,
his present social position and the company he keeps, there is little
hope for him evolving. When tragedy hits close to home, he feels like he
has nothing to live for and descends into a spiral of merciless
self-destruction and madness. Hail, a docu-drama of
astounding authenticity, tells a nightmarish and uncompromising revenge
tale brimming with harsh verbal and physical brutality and a sensory
bashing that will be tough to shake.
Based on the life and stories of former prisoner Daniel P Jones, who
stars in the film as himself, Hail is a rough-looking film tracking the
raw realities of the return of an ex-con to society following his
release from a Melbourne prison. With his bold first feature Melbourne
filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Bastardy) blurs the
line between fact and fiction and creates an observant, brutal and
unsettling docu-drama sure to be admired by tough-skinned viewers.
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