The drugs as far as I’m concerned they’ve completely ruined the criminal world and in my opinion they’ll probably ruin normal society. Chopper 2000 starring Eric Bana & Vince Colosimo & Simon Lyndon & David Field & Kate Beahan & Dan Wyllie & Fletcher Humphrys & Robert Rabiah & Brian Mannix & Serge Liistro & Skye Wansey & Renne Brack et al, director Andrew Dominik
I’ll give you top marks for treachery, mate. ibid. very stabbed up Bana
Are you not currently serving a sentence of fourteen and a half years for the attempted abduction of a judge? ibid. in court
I’m trying to think of the last time I actually took some time to be normal, you know. ibid. him to her
What made you think you had a fucking choice? Dirty Deeds 2002 starring Bryan Brown & Toni Collette & John Goodman & Sam Neill & Sam Worthington et al, director David Caesar, Barry
I’ve got everything under control. ibid.
You’re a bloody natural. ibid.
We got our own people in the government. Why else d’ya think we’d be fighting this war in the middle of nowhere? We set it up ... They’re all working for us and they don’t even know it. And d’ya know why? Heroin ... We got a ready-made market ... The whole thing’s set up ... We’re making a killing. ibid. Sal
A Few Years From Now. Mad Max 1979 starring Mel Gibson & Joanne Samuel & Roger Ward & Steve Bisley & Tim Burns & Hugh Keays-Byrne & Geoff Parry & Lisa Aldenhoven et al, director George Miller, opening caption
It’s the duck’s guts. ibid. friend
People don’t believe in heroes any more. ibid. Macaffee
So long as the paperwork’s clean, you boys can do what you like out there. ibid. bald bloke
Two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze that engulfed them all. Mad Max II 1981 starring Mel Gibson & Bruce Spence & Mike Preston & Max Phipps & Vernon Wells & Kjell Nilsson & Virginia Hey & Emil Minty et al, director George Miller, opening remarks
Like angry ants mad for the smell of Guzzoline. ibid. made sidekick
You want to get out of here, you talk to me. ibid. Max
Glorious Dromedaries. Ships of the desert. They’ve got independent suspension. Power Steering ... Ride ’em away now! Make me an offer. Mad Max III Beyond Thunderdome starring Mel Gibson & Tina Turner & Adam Cockburn & Helen Buday & Frank Thring & Bruce Spence & Robert Grubb et al, directors George Miller & George Ogilvie, camel salesman at the House of Good Deals
Welcome to another edition of Thunderdome! ibid. Tina Turner
The challenger: direct from out of the wasteland. He’s bad. He’s beautiful. He’s crazy. It’s the man with no name! ibid. camel salesman as MC
They were all scared. Animal Kingdom 2010 starring Ben Mendelsohn & Joel Edgerton & Guy Pearce & Luke Ford & Jacki Weaver & Sullivan Stapleton & James Frechville et al, director David Michod
Crooks always come undone. Always. ibid. commentary
By law these cunts can’t make you say anything. ibid. blond bloke
Do you think we could stop off at the bank for five minutes? Drive Hard 2014 starring John Cusack & Thomas Jane & Zoe Ventoura & Christopher Morris & Yesse Spence & Damien Garvey et al, director Brian Trenchard-Smith, passenger to driver
Australia 1871 ... It’s not easy for an Irishman in Queen Victoria’s colony to walk the straight and narrow. Ned Kelly 2003 starring Heath Ledger & Orlando Bloom & Naomi Watts & Geoffrey Rush & Joel Edgerton & Laurence Kinlan & Philip Barantini & Kerry Condon & Emily Browning et al, director Gregor Jordan
These are men who have been glorified as the leaders of a movement. ibid. rozzers’ big cheese
It’s Regina versus Us. The Kelly Gang. ibid. Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly. Christ Almighty, it’s Ned Kelly. ibid. rozzer
Despite petitions for a pardon that bore a total of 32,000 signatures, Ned Kelly was hanged on 11th of November 1880. He was 25 years old. ibid. end
They’re never ever going to get me in there again. Ned Kelly 1970 starring Mick Jagger & Geoff Gilmour & Mark McManus & Serge Lazareff & Peter Sumner & Ken Shorter & Aaron Sherritt & Clarissa Kaye et al, director Tony Richardson, Ned to sister
It won’t make a bit of difference, Ned. Not unless you change the whole system. ibid. American
In Memorium Class of 89. Little Fish 2005 starring Cate Blanchett & Sam Neill & Hugo Weaving & Dustin Nguyen & Noni Hazlehurst & Martin Henderson & Joel Tobeck & Lisa McCune & Susie Porter & Nina Liu & Linda Cropper et al, director Rowan Woods reunion
She’s clean now. She’s good. ibid. him to mother in law
Australia 1865: vast, empty, lonely – a land the size of Europe, a land where gold was to be found. Robbery Under Arms 1958 starring Peter Finch & Ronald Lewis & Jill Ireland & Laurence Naismith & David McCallum & Maureen Swanson & Vincent Ball et al, director Jack Lee
There are thought to be 39 Outlaw motorcycle groups in Australia … The bikers see themselves as rebel outsiders. Australia with Simon Reeve III, BBC 2013
In 2004 Terence Hodson and his wife were gunned down. The double execution-style homicide … ‘involved police corruption’. Six years later criminal Carl Williams was bashed to death in jail. The killings struck at the heart of the criminal justice system. Four Corners: The Underbelly Killings, ABC 2015
Drugs, criminals and corrupt police … There’s never been a period like it in Australian criminal history: 36 people murdered murdered in 12 years of slaughter within Melbourne’s gangland community from 1998 to 2010. ibid.
A stain on the Victorian police force over its failure to protect important police informers whose evidence was crucial in exposing alleged corruption in the force and alleged police involvement in murder. ibid.
Cocaine is going through the biggest boom in Australia's history. We use more of it per capita than any other country. And we're willing to pay for it. Four Corners: Cocaine Cartels, ABC 2023
It's an elicit economy regulated by violence. ibid.