I won’t mention if he is a protagonist or antagonist to make you enjoy “Headhunters” more, but the point is, the characterization of Roger Brown brought “Headhunters” one level above any other similarly-formulated films. Of course, you need to refresh up your mind because there will be a lot of “brainy” dialogues in this film, but I assure you that it is absolutely not one factor that will halt you to enjoy “Headhunters”.Īs the leading role, Aksel Hennie succesfully brought an arrogant, full-of-trick, responsive, and somewhat unlikable character for Roger Brown.
“Headhunters” hardly contains any action scenes but in some parts, it is bloody, disturbing, and disgusting. And, oh yeah, that what makes “Headhunters” is really my taste! It is so hypnotizing that I didn’t even care if there were some plot holes in it.
This is the kind of film that makes you keep asking even after you’ve done watching it, or if you watch it with your friends, “Headhunters” will bring you into an exciting discussion (or debate) about how each of you interpret the material of the film. Well maybe “Headhunters” was not put on a solid and logic fundamental story, but put it aside and you’ll find that “Headhunters” is surprising. You’d better let this film drives you to an unexpected destination via its very winding track.
THE HEADHUNTERS MOVIE SERIES
Guessing where this film is aiming to is irrelevant, since I enjoyed myself tricked by the plot series of “Headhunters”. Then, what is this review for? Well, at least, I could tell you that “Headhunters” will satisfy you, thriller maniacs! “Headhunters” has a mild mystery in every minute, pumps your adrenaline, and keeps you questioning for what will happen next. I guess it’s the principle you have to apply for yourself before watching “Headhunters”. Rating NotesĬonfessions of a Headhunter is based on a short story of Koori man Archie Weller.There is a principle I often embrace before watching a film, saying that sometimes not knowing much about a film will bring you double excitements in watching it. Matt Potter Awards Winner of Cinema Nova Award of the Australian Film Institute for Best Short Fiction Film. They are taking off the heads of every bronze colonial statue they find, and finally melt them down to create a sculpture of an Aboriginal mother and her children looking out to sea at Botany Bay, where Captain Cook landed.īased on Archie Weller's story, this short drama speaks about the conflict between the Aboriginal people of the Perth area and colonial culture. In the film, two Noongar men – Frank and Vinnie – travel across the country and seek revenge for the repeated beheading of the statue of their ancestor warrior Yagan. The 1997 beheading inspired Aboriginal writer Archie Weller to write a short story which Sally Riley turned into Confessions of a Headhunter.
It was repaired, but later beheaded again. In 1997, his head was repatriated to Australia soon after, a vandal used an angle grinder to behead the statue. In Perth, there is a bronze statue of the Noongar resistance fighter Yagan, whose head was sent to England after he was killed by white settlers, in 1833.
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