Pork Pie

I don't know how to describe the genre of this movie. It can be called a feel good movie, Thriller movie or comedy! Actually it has all the elements. Its a fun film and it has a realistic feel good treatment. But it's thrilling. "Pork pie" is not an edge of the seat thriller or crime thriller. It's a nice thriller. It keeps the viewer engaged.

Basically it is a road movie. Three people in a cute yellow mini cooper are traveling from one place of New Zealand to another place which is far away. But they are not friends and they didn't start the journey together. Also initially they have no specific mission. The movie just stats and then it get it's pace.

It has some thrilling chase sequences and lots of nice scenes. Almost every scene has something to entertain the viewers. Acting of every actor – the main and supporting cast -in the film was superb. That is very enjoyable to watch.

It is the remake of Kiwi classic film "good bye pork pie" which was directed by Geoff Murphy in 1981. The interesting fact is that, Pork Pie (2017) was directed by his son Matt Murphy. I watched this movie without any expectation. I just started watching and watched till the end in single stretch. It was a very refreshing experience for me. After a point I was really involved and their missions became mine too. That right 'mate'. PS: use subtitles because their accent is little difficult to understand sometimes

Having never seen the original or even heard of this I absolutely loved it tons of laughs as well as great chases and enough of a storyline to get by. The most I've laughed watching a film in a while a complete hidden gem!

Novelist Jon (Dean O'Gorman) is walking down the middle of the road when he almost gets run over by Luke Anahera (James Rolleston) in his Mini Cooper. Jon gets a ride with Luke without knowing that the car is stolen. Along the way, they pick up Keira Leigh-Jones (Ashleigh Cummings), a vegan activist working a burger drive-thru window.

The original was apparently a New Zealand hit. I know nothing about any of that. I come into this completely blind and this is fine. Mostly, I like the three characters and their initial get-together. I would like all of them to stay together. There are a few questionable turns and the big car chase is somewhat amusing. At the end of the day, the characters make me like the movie.

As a standalone movie it is OK, although the character development is somewhat lacking. It was a bit hard to connect to the main character.

Some nice scenery shots but the trip through this beautiful country we call New Zealand was disjointed with little to identify the locations.

It didn't have the same feeling as the original. The silliness that made Goodbye Pork Pie a fun film just wasn't present there for me.

Goodbye Pork Pie, the original movie was (and is) such an iconic film. It may have been made in the late 70's/early 80's, but it's one of those films which is a timeless classic. Normally, you leave such films as they are and don't even think about remaking them. For me, films like 'The Italian Job' are so iconic and making a new version just doesn't seem right.

However, sometimes against the odds, the new film is even better than the original.

The director of the new Pork Pie movie, is the son of the Director of the original Pork Pie, so having that important family connection meant that they wanted to do a good job and do justice to the original film.

They also had a bigger budget, and boy did they do a great job.

The film is funny, gripping, and entertaining.

The casting is spot on, the acting is superb and the story-line is perfect.

This film needs a worldwide release! You don't need to be a Kiwi to understand the humour, it's incredibly well written, acted & very funny.

I hope it's a HUGE success!