Better Man 

Exactly how much risk would you take to save your brother? For Van Nguyen the answer was whatever it takes and the devastating consequence of his attempt to traffic heroin from Cambodia to ... See full summary »

Stars:

Remy Hii, Jordan Rodrigues, Hien Nguyen

4 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Remy Hii	...	Van Tuong Nguyven 4 episodes, 2013
Jordan Rodrigues	...	Khoa Nguyen 4 episodes, 2013
Hien Nguyen	...	Kim Nguyen 3 episodes, 2013
Aileen Huynh	...	Kelly Ng 3 episodes, 2013
Carmel Rose	...	Rachel 3 episodes, 2013
David Wenham	...	Julian McMahon 2 episodes, 2013
Bryan Brown	...	Lex Lasry 2 episodes, 2013
Felino Dolloso	...	Alan 2 episodes, 2013
Claudia Karvan	...	Bernadette McMahon 2 episodes, 2013
Edwina Royce	...	Angie 2 episodes, 2013
Warren Lee	...	Lau 2 episodes, 2013
Mark Silveira	...	Joseph 2 episodes, 2013
Haiha Le	...	Young Kim 2 episodes, 2013
Alfred Nicdao	...	Fong (warden) 2 episodes, 2013
Amanda Ma	...	Sister Helena 2 episodes, 2013
Jason Buckley	...	Downer 2 episodes, 2013
William Louey	...	Young Van 2 episodes, 2013
Oliver Louey	...	Young Khoa 2 episodes, 2013
Ed Deganos	...	CNB Police 2 episodes, 2013
Daniel Street	...	Journalist Voiceover 2 episodes, 2013

Storyline

Exactly how much risk would you take to save your brother? For Van Nguyen the answer was whatever it takes and the devastating consequence of his attempt to traffic heroin from Cambodia to Australia via a change of planes in Singapore was that the 396 grams of drugs that he was discovered carrying was enough to incur the death penalty - 26 times over.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

2013 (Australia)

Filming Locations:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bravado Productions, FremantleMedia Australia

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

"I see it. This is the spot"

Here's one of the best two part dramas, I've seen in quite a while. This one sadly doesn't have a happy end. It has an all so grim one, that is haunting in the last number of disturbing, upsetting scenes. When learning of Van Nyghen's reasons for doing what he did, it wasn't so he could profit. This poor innocent boy with no arrest record, made one fatal mistake, that subsequently ending his life. We follow his story through flashbacks, to his arrest, and then the start of his three year nightmare. Remy is so believable, displaying many levels of emotion to his character, it's an impressive piece of professional acting. I truly believe he got where this character was coming from, as if almost watching the real deal. Wenham is just top form as Nyghen's lawyer where Brown lends solid support as Wenham's colleague, barrister, while Karvan too is solid as Wenham's wife. This effective real life drama paints a grim and stark reality to the fate of the drug smuggler, where in this this case, this one mistake, earned an unjustful execution. Some of the flashbacks of Nhygen in happier times threw sad tones to the film, where we so much wish, no more Nyghen that he could go back in time that instant. Some other flashbacks show the real sort of scum Van was working for, for when he tried to back out, threats were made upon his family. These are the real ones who should be executed. That admittance that had Van saying "I'm not doing this for you", was the key moment to the show. Only criticism is in the first part, the story took a while to get to where it was going as up to the point of Nyghen's arrest. Highly recommended.