The Stranger (2022)
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- A friendship forms between two strangers. For Henry Teague (Sean Harris), worn down by a lifetime of physical labour, this is a dream come true. His new friend Mark (Joel Edgerton) becomes his saviour and ally. However, neither is who they appear to be, each carry secrets that threaten to ruin them and in the background, one of the nation's largest police operations is closing in.
- Actors:
- Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ewen Leslie, Matthew Sunderland, Jada Alberts, Steve Mouzakis, Mike Foenander, Fletcher Humphrys, Alan Dukes, Anni Finsterer, Stinga-T, Simon Elrahi, Lucinda Nicholas, Adam Ovadia, Nick Buckland, Peta Shannon, Andreas Sobik, Stephen Leeder, Nicole Schoen, Jeff Lang
- Directors:
- Thomas M. Wright
- Producers:
- Iain Canning, Joel Edgerton, Rachel Gardner, Kim Hodgert, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Emile Sherman
- Writers:
- Thomas M. Wright
- Aka:
- The Unknown Man
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Australia
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Reviews (1) of The Stranger
The best Australian film I've seen for 10 years or so - The Stranger review by AER
Inspired by a real-life sting operation in Australia, The Stranger changes the names and some of the circumstances to come in close to some truly disturbing characters. Sean Harris is embodiment of ordinary evil and Joel Edgerton easily matches him as the undercover cop who has to befriend him in order to gain his trust enough for him to confess to the murder of a young teenager. The poise and build up is expert and it's an upsetting film that works its spell because all the elements dovetail to create one of the darkest and disturbing films to enter into the mind of a killer. There is no violence in this film, or action. It's all in the mind. A future drama classic.
Currently this is only streaming on Netflix but hoipefully it will receive a physical DVD / Bluray / 4K release at a later date.
10 out of 10 - No qualms, mate.