not-hunter This movie was actually a pretty good watch. The pacing of the plot was a little bit off for my taste, but it fit the plot of the movie quite well. The movie starts off a bit slow, but it picks up about halfway through. I was a bit shocked by the end of the movie and how quickly it was over, though. The end felt a little rushed, but other than that, the movie was perfect and the plot was completely original and felt 100% new and fresh. The characters were lively and interesting, especially Youssif Al-Samer and Sergeant O'Shane, who I thought were the most interesting and entertaining characters, respectively. I felt the portrayal of the characters was spot on perfect. They played their roles as if they were in the actual character, facing the challenges the movie presented them.Overall, the movie is a definitely a worthwhile watch, especially if you're looking for a good, home grown movie that's fresh and interesting.

brimon28 Every so often we get to see a little film on TV not too long after its hardtop screening. And this one was worth the second look. It's another way of looking at the Australian outback, not for its awesome beauty but for the challenges it sets for people not used to such a landscape. Here we have such a challenge, the protagonists being asylum seekers who are victims of amoral people-smugglers. This is currently a political hot potato in Australia, as it has been for many years. But this film has a quirky edge to it, and the seriousness of the images is relieved hugely by the humour. It really is fun, and the way the Australians in uniform handle the reality is the fun that has come to be known as gallows humour. Imagine you're a cop or a soldier faced with a nasty situation. You grin, and relieve the tension by making light of things. Resourcefulness and mateship are supposed to be part of the Australian psyche, and this great little film has it in spades. Think "Bush Mechanics". Think "Flight of the Phoenix". And listen out for the voice on the radio. That's the beautiful Deborah Mailman, whom the casting agent would surely have loved to at least do a walk-on. See it on wide screen.

mmunier Well, i don't really join the Hoo Haas on this one, I did have some good laughs but nearly yawn at others. I liked the music, I like the scenery, I liked the acting. But i'm not so sure about the whole mix, There were impossible situation and unrealistic too. One may find difficult to accept such fun in such desperate situations, the English a little too perfect for my liking and my migrant background. I was a little puzzled by the landscape and thought to cancel my hopes to go to Egypt one day on this basis, but after reading a comment about that landscape having perhaps being borrowed from somewhere else, I might wait to find the reality. I have traveled in Nth Qld, and from Darwin to Melbourne and saw a desert quite different. But I have never been to Nth WA so can't really tell one way or another. Warts and all I found it a very worthwhile work, but for me I found better value in some other Aussie movies. To each its own, but you have to see it if you want to know :)

p_gilchrist2003 The scenario is simple. A disparate group of refugees are dumped on the inhospitable West Australian coast by unscrupulous people smugglers. It may sound like the perfect recipe for a tale of woe and misery, but instead Lucky Miles is a comedy, and easily the most enjoyable Australian film I've seen for quite a few years. And the audience at the Sydney Film Festival certainly found plenty to laugh at. Writer Helen Barnes and writer/director Michael James Rowland, aided by a wonderful ensemble cast, have created a marvelous set of characters. They could have given us mere symbols of suffering and injustice, or ethnic stereotypes, but instead each character is gloriously human. The Iraqi and Cambodian refugees, the Indonesian people smugglers, and the Australian reservists tasked with rounding them up, all have laughable foibles. And it is the presentation of this common humanity that makes this film not only very funny, but also a powerful exploration of one of the most pressing issues of our time.