100 Bloody Acres

This movie is well acted with just the right amount of humour to offset the dark theme.

Everyone plays their parts well and the story never gets boring.

A great cast and great direction.

Recommended.

In 2012's 100 Bloody Acres we are introduced to a couple of hitchhikers, that find themselves in the hands of two brothers who own a fertilizer business using a secret ingredient. It's an Australian movie and that is made obvious right from the start and we immediately get thrown into a humorous chaotic mess that gets worse and worse, but in a good way. But only for the viewer of course because the movie is funny, bloody and definitely has some gore to show. The characters are all twisted and none of them are perfect and the movie had similar vibes to "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" but without the fact that the two brothers are actually innocent. An even though these characters all have their sins and mistakes you will root for them in the end.

I definitely had my fun watching this and I thought the movie was highly entertaining, but obviously not flawless. And there's actually cameo from John Jarratt and it was a pleasure to see him in a movie like this. If you enjoy bloody horror comedies I can definitely recommend to watch this. [6,2/10]

At the Festival I saw this, many compared it to "Tucker & Dale", but I think that is not an accurate assessment. Both are comedies with horror elements if you will (or the other way around), but the way they are presented is more than different. Not to mention the facets of the characters involved here.

Tucker and Dale is simpler, which is not supposed to be a judgment, I loved the movie. I'm just saying that I thought this is great in its own right too. The comedy has different, sometimes uneven, but therefor darker tone. It's a movie you have to be in the mood for I guess and I totally was. Thought almost every joke worked in this and the changes in pace were nice too (changes in genres too sometimes).

Co-writer/directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes, in their feature film debut, successfully deliver all the essential elements needed to both make you laugh & squirm in their new black comedy "100 Bloody Acres". A story of two unscrupulous brothers, Reg(Damon Herriman) and Lindsay Morgan(Angus Sampson) and their quest to be the unrivaled top dogs of the local fertilizer industry, a status that they will stop at nothing to achieve. After a tragic accident claims six lives in town, the two swipe the bodies from the scene and after adding them to their special "mix", they become the champions of the fertilizer biz.

Our story starts out with Reg, while out driving one day he encounters a trio of kids, Sophie(Anna McGahan),James(Oliver Ackland) and Wesley(Jamie Kristian) who happen to have the bad luck of having car trouble and are looking for a ride into town to attend a local music festival. At first Reg resists, but after some thought & a little nagging, he reluctantly welcomes James & Wes into the back of his cube truck & Sophie up front to ride with him. Any good intentions soon vanish as the guys discover the body of a man Reg previously collected from an accident scene. Thus the film descends into a quite comical & altogether gory fight as the trio does their best to remain "unprocessed" at the brother's fertilizer factory.

While the plot consisted of conventional & somewhat clichéd ideas it used those elements to their maximum potential. With fine acting from the entire cast, skillful gore effects and proper production values, the film managed some serious laugh out loud moments while also delivering a few bona fide quirky uncomfortable scenes of horror, all of which were delivered in fun, as it stayed mainly on the black comedy track. If you don't mind gore and have the urge for a hilarious Aussie dark comedy, I absolutely recommend it.

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Entertaining enough to keep your attention. some laughs,some blood.worth wasting an hour and a half. 7 out of 10