Kingdom of Crime

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Movie
German title Kingdom of Crime
Original title Animal Kingdom
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Country of production Australia
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director David Michôd
script David Michôd
production Liz Watts
music Antony Partos
camera Adam Arkapaw
cut Luke Doolan
occupation

Animal Kingdom is an Australian Crime - Drama from 2010 onwards.

action

After his mother Julia died of a heroin overdose , 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody was forced to move to Melbourne to live with his grandmother Janine "Smurf" Cody, the matriarch of a family whose life is organized crime . Her three sons, the Cody Boys, live with her . Their eldest son is Andrew "Pope" Cody, who is hiding from a group of renegade police officers after a series of robberies. The middle brother is Craig, an unpredictable yet successful drug dealer. And their youngest is Darren, who gives in to the guidance of his brothers.

One day Joshua's uncle Craig takes him on a drive. If he stops at traffic lights, he is insulted by the driver of the neighboring vehicle. Craig gives Joshua a gun and they both follow the driver and his accomplices into an alley, where he parks his car, gets out and provokes a fight between him and Craig. Instead, Craig tells Joshua to get out of the vehicle and scare it off with his gun.

A little later, Barry "Baz" Brown and Andrew meet in the mall. There, Barry reveals to Andrew that he wants to stop the raids and settle down with his family. He hopes Andrew will join him. But he hesitates. When Barry then leaves the place, he is approached by the police. He admits that he has just come from Andrew, whereupon he is shot by the police. This leads to the situation between the police and the family escalating. They swear revenge and convince Joshua to steal a car and park it on a street. He complies with this request. He does not know that his uncles will attract some police officers with the car. As they approach, Andrew, Craig and Darren shoot them.

The next day Joshua, Andrew, and Darren are arrested. Joshua meets Officer Nathan Leckie, the head of the robbery department. He is interested in his special situation with his family and tries to relieve him of it. While all three are later released, Craig is on the run and tries to hide in a friend's house. However, he realizes that he was being followed by the police the whole time. He tries to escape, but the police catch him doing it and kill him.

Meanwhile, Joshua was arrested by Officer Leckie for illicit alcohol use. He takes him to an hour hotel and offers him to get out of the family and switch to a witness protection program . But Joshua refuses. Meanwhile, his lover Nicky is murdered by Andrew because Darren mistakenly believed that she was talking to the police. Both are eventually arrested when Andrew tries to murder Joshua.

Janine learns of the arrests, the two murders, and the fact that Joshua could testify against his own family as a key witness. She is not convinced of his loyalty and decides that for this reason he must be eliminated. Through her connections, she learns the address at which her grandson is housed as part of the witness protection program, and has some corrupt police officers sent out to murder him. But when Joshua sees the policemen in front of the house, he runs to Janine and says that he doesn't want to go on living like this. He really wants to help get Andrew and Darren out of jail. To do this, he sits down with the family lawyer to create a statement that will lead to both of them being acquitted in the process. When this happens, Leckie meets with Joshua and asks him if he is satisfied and has found his place in the world.

After they are both released, Joshua returns to Janine's house with a request to stay and rest. She asks him in and Joshua goes to greet Andrew and Darren, and immediately afterwards he goes to rest in a room. Andrew is happy, goes to his room and is about to start talking to him when Joshua kills him wordlessly with a headshot. Joshua returns to the living room and hugs his grandmother, who is just as shocked as Darren.

criticism

The film received mostly positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes scored 97% positive approval from 119 counted film reviews. 17,795 users also voted for this film with 79% (as of February 22, 2011). At IMDb , the film received an above-average rating of 7.5 from 7,373 votes. (As of February 22, 2011). Even Quentin Tarantino included the film in the top 3 of his favorite films in 2010. In particular, the acting performance of Jacki Weaver was emphasized again and again, which was a mixture of Lady MacBeth and Ma Barker . (The 60-something Smurf is a magnetic, seductive hybrid of Lady Macbeth and Ma Barker) .

“The intensity of the film's nihilism is underlined by Antony Partos's ominous semielectronic score. The relative absence of gun battles and car chases helps "Animal Kingdom" build and sustain a mood of deepening dread. "

“The intensity of nihilism in the film is supported by the semi-electronic score by Antony Partos. The relative lack of gun fights and car chases helps create an intense atmosphere of fear in the film. "

- nytimes.com (August 12, 2010)

publication

After the film premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2010 and won the jury's award for best foreign feature film, it was officially released in Australia on June 3, 2010. With a budget of US $ 5 million and Worldwide revenues of 5.7 million US dollars were earned in Australia alone 4.3 million US dollars. The film did not open in German cinemas, but was released on March 25, 2011 as direct-to-DVD .

Award

Jacki Weaver was able to convince critics worldwide with her portrayal of Janine "Smurf" Cody , which not only made her nominated for numerous film prizes, but even received awards. She received nominations for best supporting actress at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards and the 2011 Academy Awards .

At the presentation of the Australian Film Institute Awards , the most important film prize in Australia, the Crime Kingdom won ten awards, including best film and best director and best actor.

Remake

The US television station TNT had a remake of the film produced in series in 2015. The first 10 episode season of this original TV series, Animal Kingdom , has aired in the United States since June 7, 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clearance Certificate for the Kingdom of Crime . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2011 (PDF; test number: 125 973 V).
  2. ^ Crime Kingdom on rottentomatoes.com , accessed February 22, 2011
  3. ↑ hollywoodreporter.com (English) List of Tarantino's Favorite Movies 2010 (January 2, 2011), accessed February 22, 2011
  4. ↑ nytimes.com (English) Review of Animal Kingdom (August 12, 2010), accessed February 22, 2011
  5. ^ Crime Kingdom at boxofficemojo.com , accessed February 22, 2011
  6. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald : Animal Kingdom reigns at AFI Awards , December 12, 2010.
  7. ↑ http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/animal-kingdom-trailer-familienthriller-tnt-74733.html#998eccc9fa7717a