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7 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
I Spit on your Last Kangaroo on the Left!, 10 May 2008
Author:
Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls
I had two movies called "Fair Game" standing on my must-see list, so I watched them after each other in order not to lose track of one of them. The first one was an obscure Italian lethal-snake-on-the-loose thriller also known as "Mamba" and this one is Australia's belated (unless I missed something) response to the 'Revengeploitation" sub genre. Revenge thrillers were especially popular throughout the entire decade of the 70's, with highlights like "Last House on the Left", "I Spit on your Grave, "Fight for your Life", "House by the Lake" and "House on the Edge of the Park". These movies routinely handle about innocent women (preferably defenseless and fragile) getting harassed and viciously raped by a group of men (preferably perverted hicks and/or fugitive criminals) and then avenging themselves by taking justice into their own hands. The gritty atmosphere and gratuitous use of violence and sleaze in "Fair Game" is pretty much prototypic revenge thriller stuff, but it nevertheless also remains an authentic Aussie movie, meaning the assaulters are bored kangaroo poachers looking for new thrills and the 'victim' (Cassandra Delaney; the former Mrs. John Denver) is actually a very potent lady who fights back from the beginning and never really allows her opponents to get the upper hand. Jessica runs a wildlife reservation in the middle of the outback, so naturally there's a vicious conflict when she bumps into a trio of insensitive and macho poachers doing some illegal kangaroo hunting on her territories. This film feels refreshing and innovative because the script doesn't unfold like the majority of 70's revenge thrillers. The interactions between Jessica and the poachers start off like a testosterone-laden showdown, but then gradually escalate into a merciless battle with humiliation, rape and murder. There are several highly memorable and deliciously exploitative scenes in "Fair Game", most notably the one with Delaney – in her white undies - tied to the hood of a jeep whilst it races through the desert. Her acts of vengeance during the climax are quite impressive as well and I guarantee there's some impressive bloodshed to enjoy in "Fair Game". As often the case with Australian cult-productions ("Outback", "Wolf Creek", "Mad Max"…), the exterior filming location and wildlife images alone make the movie worth purchasing and this particular one also benefices from good music and stylish camera-work. The acting performances are more than satisfying and I'm pleased to notice the cast exclusively exists of native Australians. This isn't always the case, you know. Definitely recommended if you're a fan of the revenge movies.
7 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
Outback girlie gets tough with marauding idiots., 12 May 2007
Author:
nostrilingus from fabulous Las Vega$!
This better-than-you'd-expect Aussie revenge thriller pits a young
female wildlife refuge ranger against a trio of moronic imbeciles who
terrorize her in a senseless cat-and-mouse game in the great outback.
Some fairly effective scenes play out in this otherwise unexceptional
and run-of-the-mill revenge yarn.
Good performances and interesting location filming highlight this, a
take-it-or-leave-it indie film which could have benefited from more
gratuitous nudity and violence...the final product,while not at all
bad, seems rather lacking in the sleaze factors which fans of this type
of film are generally looking for.
4.5/10...neither fish nor fowl, but definitely watchable.
5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Outback Vengeance!, 11 March 2007
Author:
ThrownMuse from The land of the Bunyips
Australia's answer to "I Spit on Your Grave"? Maybe, except this is actually a much better (and more watchable) film. A woman who owns an isolated vast wildlife reservation realizes that her Roos and other animals are being illegally hunted by some local hooligans. When she tries to set the perps (one of whom thinks he's Crocodile Dundee) straight, they start messing around with her. After a few days, things get out of hand and she finds herself their new prey on her own property. Dubbed an action/thriller by most, I was expecting this to be a cheesy laugh-fest. The only thing about it that resembles an 80s action/thriller is the often light-hearted score (which morphs into more appropriate horror music at times.) Otherwise, this is filled with tension and a humane heroine that you want to root for. This follows the typical rape/revenge formula of the 70s, but it isn't as difficult to watch. A totally fun flick that's one of Australia's better horror offerings.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
terrorized in the outback; effective thriller, 26 April 2006
Author:
FieCrier from Upstate New York
A woman in charge of a wildlife sanctuary in Australia is terrorized on
the road by two men in a beastly pickup truck and another man in a
truck with a shark painted on the back doors. They continue to harass
her, and she keeps asserting herself against them, even fighting back.
They're intent on killing animals and having cruel fun.
Some who've watched the movie think that if she left them alone, they
would have left her alone. I doubt it. At a minimum they would have
gone on killing more animals, which she would have found intolerable.
But I think they were as intent on tormenting her as killing kangaroos.
The woman is played by the beautiful Cassandra Delaney (the future Mrs.
John Denver!), who sadly has not done many other movies. She spends the
first part of the movie barely dressed in a long shirt and belt and
nothing else, or a wrap and belt. Hot outfit for a hot environment.
Essentially follows a rape-revenge sort of plot, although it isn't
clear if they rape her. As the video box indicates, they strap her to
the hood of their pickup and drive her around. She's later dumped and
she takes a shower, so a rape could be inferred, but it isn't integral.
A well-made film, well acted, though not especially deep.
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
When the hunted gets game., 21 September 2008
Author:
lost-in-limbo from the Mad Hatter's tea party.
This mid-eighties thriller is a skimpy, but surely entertaining and crazy Australian b-grade exploitation attempt at the revenge sub-genre. A young woman takes on some restless kangaroo poachers who go onto make her life hell, when she confronts them about killing animals on her wildlife sanctuary. It's a lot better than you're led to believe. A cat (well there's three of them) and mouse game evolves, as they simply go tit for tat (no one is desperate to back down) in humiliating, terrorising and finally gaining sweet vengeance. The savage violence isn't particularly extreme, as it has a comic book tone to it, but it's mean-spirited and gustily dished-up. From the get-go you can tell it's going to be thrilling, exciting and blistering as it gets straight in to it and never adjusts otherwise. The suspense holds up and the adrenaline kick gets the heart-pounding in many knuckle-busting sequences (the memorable trophy truck ride). Andrew Lesnie sharply photographs the colourfully rugged Australian landscape and wildlife, but it's the moody nightlife cinematography that adds the atmospheric dynamics. Cassandra Delaney (who looks lovely and spends the quite bit time in the flesh) brings a genuine grittiness and sympathetic side to a strong, capable character. The boneheaded, cruel poachers are eccentrically portrayed by Peter Ford, David Sandford and Gary Who. From this inclusion, the gigantic killer pig feature 'Razorback (1984)' comes to mind. Dominating a lot the scenes would be that of Ashley Irwin's uncanny live-wire and throbbing music score. Sometimes uncalled for, but always palatable. Director Mario Andreacchio makes good of the psychical set-pieces and locations. While writer Rob George's material is fundamental, he still strikes up a dependable script that never resorts to camping it up. An agreeable revenge item.
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Cassandra's worth the price of admission, 18 December 2005
Author:
gall34 from United States
Weak plot but great showcase for Cassandra Delaney. Also interesting Outback scenery and action. I enjoyed the rural Australian scenery; that was interesting to me; the remoteness helped give some credibility to the lawless villains. The setting was different and remote, giving some credibility to the lawlessness of the villains. A lot of the action was unique and haunting. The plot grew more and more predictable but I didn't mind. The plot seemed designed to showcase Cassandra's charms and, I confess, she won me over! Unfortunately, Casasandra later married John Denver in real life and turned to music...meaning she was only in about 5 movies. Too bad. I would go to a movie just to see her.
5 out of 9 people found the following review useful:
Hunters hunt woman, 7 May 2003
Author:
Dr. Gore (drgore@hotmail.com) from Los Angeles, California
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
*SPOILER ALERT* *SPOILER ALERT*
One thing you can say about this movie, the video box didn't lie. That's
very important to me after so many heartbreaks. It promises you a naked
woman tied to the hood of a car and that's exactly what you get. Three
kangaroo hunters decide to pick on a woman who lives by herself. She's
all
alone on her wildlife preserve, they're three fun loving hunters...you
know
where this is going. Their pranks escalate until we get the female hood
ornament scene.
About that scene, loved it. Another classic B-movie moment. It's the
perfect
turning point to turn her from farm girl to vengeance minded assassin.
She
does not disappoint. While the movie is not overly bloody or brutal, it
has
a cool B-movie vibe going on that suits it well. Morons humiliate her,
she
strikes back and so on and so on until the bloody end. I liked
it.
When will they stop screwing each other over?, 12 December 2011
Author:
chris-w-king from United Kingdom
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This film was strange, entertaining, but strange. It lacks much logic, like almost every 10 minutes the heroine would escape her house and evade the poachers, and ride, drive or run seemingly miles, then walk back to her home in seconds. The plot mostly involves a women who is teased by poachers, so she teases back, so they tie her to a car topless and drive her through a desert, so she takes there guns, so they chase her to kill her, so she.... you get the idea. If i learnt anything from this film its this; if your alone in the middle of nowhere with the poachers on your land, don't continuously screw them over or you'll end up almost raped (or topless tied to a car)and having your home destroyed. There is no one to feel sympathy for in this, as she is pathetic and idiotic as the redneck type poachers on her land. Although the plot seems repetitive, i really enjoyed it, and its stupidity. Its no razorback in terms of filmmaking, or good ol' ozploitation but it has some scenes well worth hunting out if you like sleazy forgettable garbage as much as me. The ending is over the top, and unjustified, on account of both party's, but then as she did steal their guns, beat them senseless, and steal their van, yet she is the one taking revenge. Genius.
Forgettable female revenge flick with zero believability ..........................., 5 August 2011
Author:
merklekranz from United States
This Australian "I Spit on Your Grave" clone lacks a lot in the common sense and believability departments. A woman living on a game preserve is tormented by three of the dumbest poachers on earth. Endless car chases eventually lead to a "Mrs. Rambo" type ending that throws believability out the window and over a cliff. Although the human hood ornament scene is something completely different, the other 95% of "Fair Game" is repetitive and downright tedious. In reality, the movie is nothing more than a showcase for Cassandra Delaney and some nice scenery, sacrificing plot, common sense, and character development. What you are left with is a female revenge flick that is totally forgettable except for one scene. - MERK
An interesting Aussie take on the classic female revenge flick, 2 August 2010
Author:
MBunge from Waterloo, Iowa
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This Australian Outback tale of the standoff between a brave, beautiful
woman and a trio of bullying hunters is notable for two things.
1. How many times people DON'T get killed. 2. The way its conflict is
grounded in normal human behavior gone awry, instead of being spawned
by abnormal evil.
Jessica (Cassandra Delany) runs a ramshackle animal sanctuary in the
Australian wilds. Her husband is away and the local cop refuses to help
as she's harassed by three men hired by local farmers to shoot
kangaroos. In their tricked-out jeep, complete with shooting perch and
a handlebar mustache front bumper, the handsome Sony (Peter Ford),
frantic Ringo (David Sandford) and chubby Sparks (Garry Who) begin
bothering Jessica as an act of boorish bravado. The more Jessica stands
up to their taunts and manhandling, however, the more aggressive and
violent the hunters become until what began as almost a form of
roughhouse flirting turns into a life-or-death struggle for dominance.
Fair Game is an enjoyable little thriller, for its effective execution,
wonderful Down Under scenery and for its different spin on the classic
female revenge story. The whole "woman being set upon by men until she
fights back" is one of the foundations of the American exploitation
film. The U.S. version is almost always about the victim turning the
tables on her victimizers. These Aussie filmmakers take that concept in
a refreshingly interesting direction. Jessica is never just hapless
prey and the hunters aren't psycho killers. Jessica is a frontier woman
defending her home and her dignity. The hunters are never monsters.
They're unthinking, adrenaline-seeking jackasses who simply don't care
how their behavior bothers or even endangers others. It's only when
Jessica refuses to back down and accept their crude, schoolboy torments
that their behavior lethally escalates.
Redefining this conflict as a battle of wills makes for a much more
entertaining film. The fact that at certain points in the movie,
Jessica is the one who actually elevates her fight with the hunters to
a new level of intensity gives depth to an otherwise basic plot. Making
the woman a proactive participant in her clash with these men enlivens
all of the characters and engages the viewer on a different level. When
the hunters repeatedly have Jessica at their mercy and decide not to
harm her, it makes them more than just avatars of our brutal voyeurism.
The dialog here is nothing to write home about and there are a few
moments where something happens that doesn't seem to be possible.
That's more than compensated for by the, at times, startling nudity of
Cassandra Delaney.
Fair Game is a thriller that's more intellectually intriguing than
emotionally gripping, but it's still worth watching.
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