Thursday, June 11, 2020

Movie review - "Backroads" (1977) **1/2

A short feature - clocks under 60 minutes. Great pair of lead performances from Bill Hunter and Gary Foley. Foley should act more - he's got the looks, the intensity. Their relationship is the best thing about the movie.

There is a lot of driving. I could have done with more crime to be honest. Sometimes it had dull spots. The Julie McGregor part isn't a lot of fun - she joins the gang, and spends most of her time being manhandled by funny accent Terry Camilleri in the back seat and the others don't seem to notice or care. I wish she'd been allowed to develop more of a relationship with Hunter and Foley instead.

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