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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

As Good As It Gets

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The first must-see film of the year.

Early Russell Crowe flick that become popular again with the star's international celebrity status, Romper Stomper is the kind of film that will make you hate racism to your core. The movie makes you feel like getting an inside glimpse into the closed world of young skinheads of the late 20th century in Australia and it's good in that sense, yet it also lacks a balanced portrait as almost everything these young kids do, say or feel seem to be tainted with pure evil - there's too much black and white here, I think.

Cyndi Lauper likes the Skinheads.Even if this was a gang of characters with high moral fiber who would want to hang out with these lunatics?Nice Nazi lampshade... Do creations need lampshades?What a great friend... Moving him from across the stairs to on the cold hard concrete floor."Thousands of em?"... Clearly it math is not required to join.She was better off with the drug addict.Hando wants revenge for the revenge taken because of him.No water in the bowl?Clearly the police will know who they are.Skinheads falling asleep reading :)That's all you brought?"I surrender"... karma.The problem with being a skinhead is when you want to disguise yourself you can't cut your hair.Almost over... Let's see how they're gonna crash and burn.Hando has no friends left. He's desperate for anyone to keep from being alone.

Romper Stomper is an early film starring (now international) star Russell Crowe. This indie Austrailian flick is a brash and gritty tale of neo nazi skinheads that terrorize the Asian immigrants in Melbourne. I have heard Romper Stomper described as A Clockwork Orange with skinheads. That description is pretty accurate. The film is much like the subculture that this is about. It is very chaotic, violent, gritty and nihilistic. Crowe gives one of his best performances as the leader of the skinhead gang Hondo. He is hard as nails and is very brooding, intense and intimidating. Russell Crowe brings it big time in this very intense, rough and tumble film. The portrayal of these youths does not glorify their actions,nor does it condemn them outright. Although it does show the consequences for their hateful and violent actions. Romper Stomper is much more authentic than and I prefer this to American History X(which also is a good film, but way different). It is no surprise that Romper Stomper has become a cult classic, it is a very good film and has aged well.

I'm sorry, but this was an incredibly hateful movie where the persecuted Melbourne skinheads go all out against the Australian- Vietnamese community (and by extension anyone who looks Asian). What a nuanced script I guess. I can only wonder how the Australian-Vietnamese actors were sold the script. Was there full disclosure by the casting director? I know the actors are professionals, but did they experience a sinking feeling seeing the actors playing skinheads on set? Did the Australian-Vietnamese actors get an invite to the movie's premiere? Or were they collateral to the script?I also wonder how Hando and Co felt towards the LGBTI community. Did they express anger and bigotry to gays, lesbians, etc? Maybe a sequel, say Romper Again, can examine how the next generation of Hando's ilk feel towards gay marriage and so on. Hopefully the LGBTI community(ies) don't feel threatened by people like Hando, et al.