Two Hands

Jimmy (Heath Ledger) is given a simple job by Pando (Bryan Brown) a underworld kingpin to deliver money to a particular address, but when no one answers the door Jimmy decides to take a dip at the beach to pass... Full review

If you enjoyed films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, you are going to LOVE Two Hands. It has the same type of black humor beat to it and will keep you entertained through... Full review

The inspiration for this film was the fact that American Gangsters are well dresses, but the Aussies, well when you might kill a guy as soon as look at the blighter, then you can dress as badly as you want... Full review

It was late at night and i was channel hopping when BBC2 showed this film. I saw it from the very beginning and kept thinking oh i will stop now and go to bed. This film was engaging and surprisingly... Full review

"Two Hands" is a good addition to the Australian Film Catalogue.It is that curious mix of real life, surreal life, comedy, tragedy and love the Australians have developed on their own.Heath Ledger is basically a good if naive guy. Wanting... Full review

A refreshing black comedy starring some of Australia's finest. In the same way that Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels captured the funny side of London gangsters, Two Hands rips through the Sydney underworld. It wouldn't be so funny if... Full review

I remember catching this film on a C4 screening a year ago and I was completely blown away by the whole thing. I thought the film managed to represent such a diversity of genres; the supernatural, a love story, the... Full review

Jordan takes us into the seedy crime side of Sydney, Australia, following the desperate attempt of nineteen year old Jimmy, (Heath Ledger), who bundles a job for a local gangster and needs to make amend before they get to him.... Full review

`5 Years ago if you were to watch an Australian film you would expect to see crocodile hunters, stories of war, drag queens, kangaroos and koalas, and Australians in general being represented as nitwits living off the land, saying words... Full review

This hillarious film captures the Australian personality perfectly. From Bryan Brown in his Hawiian Shirts and thongs to Blue Monaros and boys (Heath Ledger) too busy chasing girls to worry about their life, this film is wonderful. There are no... Full review

An absolute delight from start to finish, Two Hands is satisfying entertainment - a charming, fresh, black and clever Australian film from a film maker going places in a hurry. Two Hands is both creative filmmaking and commercial entertainment: it deserves to be a world wide hit. ... Full Review

Two Hands, an Australian gangster movie starring Heath Ledger, is worth putting on your movie list.....I won't spoil the movie for you in this review....If you like action thriller type movies....ties the whole story together beautifully..... ... Full Review

Two Hands, an Australian gangster movie starring Heath Ledger, is worth putting on your movie list.....I won't spoil the movie for you in this review....ties the whole story together beautifully..... ... Full Review

Acko and the brother bring to mind the movie's main attraction, its quirky humor.....it's a pretty entertaining film in the post "Pulp Fiction" mode.....Among the supporting cast, Rose Byrne is effective as Alex, a lovely lass from the country come to visit friends in town....If you like any of these referenced films, you might find "Two Hands" of interest as well..... ... Full Review

Acko and the brother bring to mind the movie's main attraction, its quirky humor.....If you like any of these referenced films, you might find "Two Hands" of interest as well.....It's a good performance that allows the actor some flexing room..... ... Full Review

Contemporary music is a top priority at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, where the annual resident composers have been some of the most distinguished names in the field, including this year's entry, Stephen Hartke. ... Full Article

N ever has a band so obsessed with death, dying and decay sounded so joyful. When the Felice Brothers took the stage at the Paradise on Thursday, a wonderfully maddening tension between doom and revelry was on full display. ... Full Article

Aspiring directors dream of making films, but award-winning Two Hands director Gregor Jordan has been trying to break into commercials. Los Angeles-based Jordan, whose films also include Ned Kelly and Buffalo Soldiers, sees TV commercials as a way to make... ... Full Article

The closing of The Combination at Greater Union cinemas over the weekend has left the filmmakers David Field and George Basha utterly dismayed. No more so than me. ... Full Article

Cezary Skubiszewski: composer, conductor, musician. Most people wouldn't recognise the name, but if you saw him walking down the street in a tux you are almost guaranteed to recognise the face, especially if he happened to have an ice cold... ... Full Article

Is it me, or is the fightin'-est season of Survivor yet? For the second straight week, the reward challenge involved the sweaty, grubby, underwear-clad contestants grabbing on to any exposed flesh they could find and whipping their opponents around-in this... ... Full Article