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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Deviants are held at a rehabilitation fortress until they are set into a deadly game of survival, in the hopes of returning to world society.Recently, I watched the director's "Dead-End Drive-In" for the first time. While it was alright, it was not quite the Ozploitation classic I hoped it would be. "Turkey Shoot", on the other hand, has everything you could want: humans hunting humans, an intense shower scene (with both men and women), and some sort of societal commentary.Whether there is such a thing as Ozploitation in the sense that all the exploitation films in Australia have a similar feel, I don't know and rather doubt it. But there are a few gems in there, and this is certainly one of them. In a way, it almost seems like a precursor to "Battle Royale", and is clearly a companion film to "Dead-End Drive-In" with its focus on deviants and outcasts.

Ozploitation. Exploitations colloquial cousin. During a period Ozploitation films where popular and Turkey Shoot is a notable success amongst some of the trash of the Australians attempts at exploitation films. It's fairly controversial 'The Most Dangerous Game' approach has helped it gain a fair amount of cult following over the years and all though it doesn't hold up in the slightest to later films with the same honourable human hunting intentions such as Battle Royale and more recently Exam it still holds up nicely as the definitive Australian approach to the subject matter.Turkey Shoot takes place in a dystopian future, now past, where 'social deviants' can be re-educated and returned to society through concentration style camps. The films narrative starts by following the lives of three newly arrived inmates and their view upon the extreme violence and toil prisoners suffer throughout their stay, mostly beatings and depravity by a hugely entertaining large bold Australian with a handlebar moustache. In the second half of the film the camps owners, safari British style hunters, round up five one-dimensional, to the extreme, characters (we have whore, rebel, rebel mark 2, bad guy and vulnerable) and force them to participate for their possible freedom in a human hunt, staring themselves, called Turkey Shoot. When faced with the dilemma of what to do when hunted each character uses their own personality to forge different ways of dealing with the situation and in true exploitation style extreme violence bordering on hilarity ensues.Brain Trenchard-Smiths direction is riddled with plot holes but the right ingredients are there; i.e. gore, nudity and some kind of circus freak werewolf guy. What makes the film and its direction good is that it doesn't treat itself seriously, there is no character development or even some kind of message or lesson learnt by the end of the film. It just wants to exist to entertain its audience and being a film exploiting violence make money. All the factors that would bother audiences in drama films don't matter in Turkey Shoot and can be disregarded as its honesty in being a technically bad film tells the audience that it wasn't made to win awards or be visually or musically stunning.Naturally the acting is bad. But as all the characters only have one characteristic for the actors to act in the characters are appealing as comical relief from the films serious, even if not shown in the film, underlying story. The English actors are great in playing their roles as the bad guys in typical posh ascents to stress that they are 'better people' than the Ausies. The person that stands out most however is Roger Ward as Chief Guard Ritter, his enthusiastic approach to the violent sadistic character fits perfectly creating a highly memorable giant Australian with a handlebar moustache. This along with the werewolf placed in the film just to chew peoples toes and such are probably the most imaginative parts of the film and make it memorable over many other films in its genre.Visually and musically there is little going on. The film is shot and edited nicely enough but sometimes its conventional style makes you think that the director could have done so much more. The aspect that saves its dull camera work comes from the variety of lush Australian landscapes ranging from the sandy concentration camp style centre to woods, fields of long dry grass and beaches. This helps the film as a whole always capture your interest and I'm in no doubt that without this kind of variety in the sets landscapes the film might seem very boring indeed. Overall Turkey Shoot holds up as an entertaining popcorn flick and with its blend of extreme violence and lovable characters (for the most part, villain-wise anyway) makes a entirely watchable exploitation movie. If you are a fan of the The Most Dangerous Game style situations it might boost itself to a must watch.

Brian Trenchard-Smith's Turkey Shoot is a typical 80's Aussie horror film, that is, you should not watch this expecting a masterpiece of the genre! You should expect, however, a brainless blood and boobs-fest with dodgy acting and story. And there is a story, surprisingly, although it reeks of George Orwell (a not very good Orwell though). Basically, civilians are sent to concentration camps (in the near future) to be turned into model citizens. Paul Anders (Steven Railsback), Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey) and Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner) are sent to a camp run by Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig). Of course, this is a cruel camp with a sadistic Chief Guard (Roger Ward) and zany people. Thatcher decides to create a game, a "turkey shoot" in which a few nutcases select prisoners to hunt for sport. As to be expected, our three heroes are selected, along with the resident loon and the tough escapee. What follows is an onslaught of blood and gore which is incredibly enjoyable and odd at the same time.The lead up to the hunt is a tad slow, but some nudity and random violence helps the pacing. The two leads, Railsback and Hussey are pretty good, as is Ward but most others are terrible. None of the characters are that likable, and the werewolf circus freak was so incredible random! But with a film like this, all you can do is sit back and watch the body count rise and the bras come off! This is not great film making, but for an exploitation it is fun while it lasts (it is also one of the best Ozploitation flicks out there).3½/5

This movie feels extremely derivative - when I watch it, I get the feeling that I have seen similar scenes from a number of other movies - Bridge over the River Kwai opening, when the older inmates look a the new arrivals (early in the film), someone with coke bottle glasses which reminds me of Dustin Hoffman's character in Papillion, the somewhat sadistic camp head guard - Cool Hand Luke and, in particular, the little known "The Hill" - overall, predictable. Other than the nudity and the scenes of the F-111s flying around - it's really just a bit of forgettable fluff.Also, I have the supposedly uncut version - I did see this film on cable years ago, and frankly I don't understand what the additional scenes are that made up this 10 minutes. It may be some of the graphic violence, nudity and swearing.