Sundance 2010 Preview: ANIMAL KINGDOM

Tell me that Guy Pearce is starring in a film and you immediately spike my interest level. ANIMAL KINGDOM is written and directed by David Michôd, who will be well represented at Sundance 2010 who also wrote HESHER. Both films look absolutely incredible and super gritty which usually works out in the cold atmosphere of Park City…unless your film is called THE INFORMERS.

Official Synopsis:

Welcome to the jungle known as the Melbourne underworld. Animal Kingdom uses this edgy locale to unspool a gripping tale of survival and revenge.

Pope Cody, an armed robber on the run from a gang of renegade detectives, is in hiding, surrounded by his roughneck friends and family. Soon, Pope’s nephew, Joshua “J” Cody, arrives and moves in with his hitherto-estranged relatives. When tensions between the family and the police reach a bloody peak, “J” finds himself at the center of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns the family upside down.

Wielding a formidable cinematic lexicon, writer/director David Michôd shows complete command of every frame as he shifts between simmering intensity and gut-wrenching drama. There isn’t a false note in the film as it follows through on the tantalizing promise displayed in his short films and unleashes a fierce new voice in Australian cinema.

Trailer:

ANIMAL KINGDOM plays at the following times:

9:00 PM Fri, Jan 22 Egyptian Theatre
9:00 PM Sun, Jan 24 Broadway Centre Cinemas VI
11:30 AM Mon, Jan 25 Yarrow Hotel Theatre
2:30 PM Thu, Jan 28 Prospector Square Theatre