Tight little thriller from Craig Lahiff, who would go on to specialise in that genre. The dusty small town South Australian town atmosphere helps, as does the star power of Bill Hunter and Gary Sweet. Mary Regan is solid in her role, and Jim Holt shines as a dodgy cop.
There's plenty of twists and turns. It's not always top rank - it would have been better creating more of a relationship between Sweet and Bill Hunter for instance. I think they knocked out Bill Hunter too soon - it would've been a better movie had Regan and Sweet known about the money earlier because then they never would've been sure if they were into each other or the money.
Still at least it's into narrative. Lahiff tries to keep the pace moving. Sweet was very handsome back in the day and Hunter always adds gravitas.
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