ANIMAL KINGDOM Trailer is “All Out of Love”

“…and it’s so lost without you.”

I blame the three hours of sleep I was getting at the time, but there was just not enough energy left in me to review ANIMAL KINGDOM at the time I saw it at Sundance this year.  I know.  Excuses are for losers.  Nonetheless, the film is one that has resonated with me ever since seeing it, and I have a feeling it is going to be a force to be reckoned with when it hits theaters this Summer.

A family/crime drama set in Melbourne, Australia, the film, written and directed by David Michod, does have a tinge of THE DEPARTED to it, though this is mostly the side of the lawless and not the police, headed here by Guy Pearce.  The police taking a back seat on this one is no problem, though, as the gangsters are played impeccably by Australian actors like Joel Edgerton, newcomer James Frecheville, and Ben Mendelsohn, who gives an unnerving and villainous portrayal that is sure to generate some awards buzz later in the year.

Here, courtesy of the film’s official site, you can check out the official poster and the trailer.

ANIMAL KINGDOM is set to hit theaters abroad on June 3rd.  No US date has been set.