Sleeping Dogs

I recall being confused the first time I saw this film, not long after it was first released, probably due to being young and naive at the time. Having revisited the film 30 years later I find that I have been... Full review

'Sleeping Dogs' was the first major New Zealand feature film to find a wider audience. Featuring a young Sam Neill as a loner caught up by accident in the fight between a Fascist government taking control and those resisting the loss... Full review

Based on the novel Smith's Dream by academic C. K. Stead, Sleeping Dogs is set in a totalitarian New Zealand. Smith moves to the country to escape trouble but is framed by the state as a terrorist.The rest of the film... Full review

This film is a chilling view of how New Zealand could be if ruled by a totalitarian oppressive Government, like so many other countries around the world. It focuses primarily on one character named Smith (played by the now famous Sam... Full review

Most movies about involuntary rebels have lots of noble posing and imposed judgments - Sleeping Dogs may not be an overpowering movie, but it has integrity to spare. Anchor Bay's DVD of Sleeping Dogs is a sparkling transfer of a film I've only seen in an unattractive flat version. ... Full Review

Roger Donaldson 's " Sleeping Dogs ," from New Zealand, is a very well made and acted movie about a time in the near future when New Zealand goes into a state of martial law, and underground groups form to... ... Full Article

From Monday's Globe and Mail Monday, Jul. 06, 2009 12:00AM EDT F rances's given name was Margaret. Early in life, she decided boys had more fun. ... Full Article