
A crime story
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.
- 6.8
- 2010
- Released
- 1h 53m

Ben Mendelsohn
Andrew 'Pope' Cody
Joel Edgerton
Barry 'Baz' Brown
Guy Pearce
Nathan Leckie
Luke Ford
Darren Cody
Jacki Weaver
Janine 'Smurf' Cody
Sullivan Stapleton
Craig Cody
James Frecheville
Joshua 'J' Cody
Dan Wyllie
Ezra White
Anthony Hayes
Detective Justin Norris
Laura Wheelwright
Nicky Henry
Mirrah Foulkes
Catherine Brown
Justin Rosniak
Detective Randall Roache
Susan Prior
Alicia Henry
Clayton Jacobson
Gus Emery
Anna Lise Phillips
Barrister Justine Hopper
Josh Helman
Const. Peter Simmons
Tim Phillipps
Const. Daniel Hordern
Kieran Darcy-Smith
John Harrop
Jack Heanly
Andy Emery
Andy McPhee
Richard Collis
Christina Azucena
Dacinta Collis
Jacqueline Brennan
Sarah Leckie
Ben Ouwehand
Scott Leckie
Bert LaBonté
PSG Santo
James Saunders
PSG Gary
Dom Phelan
PSG Tom
Anthony Ahern
Armed Robbery Detective
Michael Valamios
Hood #1
Brenda Palmer
Smurf's Neighbour

Released
en
$5,000,000.00
$1,000,000.00
- #drug dealer
- #heroin
- #trial
- #melbourne, australia
- #interrogation
- #armed robbery
- #neo-noir
- #murder of a police officer
- #female gangleader
- #police custody
Reviews

**A brutal film, where there are no nice people or good guys, but which tells us a good story, in a convincing and credible way.** I expected more from this film. It's good, it has an interesting history, but it's lukewarm and uncomfortable, and there's not much to arouse our sympathy. I've seen a lot of films, I'm not sure if this was the first Australian film I saw, but it was certainly the f

Animal Kingdom unleashes an unfaltering roar across Australia. The animal kingdom, a hierarchical group of biological creatures that zoologically determine species that are predacious by nature or hunted down by those stronger than them. It is the laws of nature, Darwinism, that the mighty feed on the weak. Natural selection. We, specifically as human apex predators, do what we must in order to in
Terrific movie and terrific performances, specially Jacki Weaver's Very well scripted and rolled.











