A realistic and stark view of life in the western suburbs of Sydney seen through the eyes of two testosterone filled young men Kev and Mick and the people they come across. From their boredom and lack of direction in life they plan an audacious bank robbery to solve their financial situation.
Unfortunately for me the plot didn't flow all that well despite being a good concept, it seems to rely too much on violence and excessive swearing,and in some cases corny dialogue as filler for the most part.
By leaving out the drug dealing husband and his heroin addict wife I believe the story might have been a lot better and more consistently. The characters themselves are either poorly fleshed out or stereotyped. One example of this is the 'Anyone comes near me and I'll knock their $%#!ing head off', personality of Kev will grind after a while,as does Mick's attempts to seduce the girl working at the bottle shop(which does work in the end).
All in all 'Idiot Box' is a total and utter piece of 90's rubbish and should only be viewed in the genre it is classified as,dark comedy.
Unfortunately for me the plot didn't flow all that well despite being a good concept, it seems to rely too much on violence and excessive swearing,and in some cases corny dialogue as filler for the most part.
By leaving out the drug dealing husband and his heroin addict wife I believe the story might have been a lot better and more consistently. The characters themselves are either poorly fleshed out or stereotyped. One example of this is the 'Anyone comes near me and I'll knock their $%#!ing head off', personality of Kev will grind after a while,as does Mick's attempts to seduce the girl working at the bottle shop(which does work in the end).
All in all 'Idiot Box' is a total and utter piece of 90's rubbish and should only be viewed in the genre it is classified as,dark comedy.