Australia. The only country in the world that eats our National Emblem.*
Fair Game is an 1986 'rape and revenge' style Ozploitation thriller that (thankfully) doesn't follow through on the first element and is (disappointingly) light on the second element.
Jessica (Cassandra Delaney) runs a Kangaroo sanctuary in the South Australian outback, where she is tormented by a trio of Roo hunters, Sunny (Peter Ford), Ringo (David Sandford) and Sparks (Gary Who), whose sadistic pranks begin to take a darker turn.
There is a pervasive air of threatened sexual assault that hangs over this movie which makes it hard to enjoy. More so the torment to revenge ratio seems way out of balance and there is unfortunately never a convincing sense of Jessica being in control. The final outcome while satisfying, could have been so much more.
Prepare to either yell at the screen in frustration or risk a subconjunctival hemorrhage from severe eye-rolling as Jessica in particular exhibits some bone headed decision making. The worst being an appearance of a ringing phone toward the end of the movie, indicating Jessica could have called for help much earlier but...it somehow passed her mind? While it is established in the beginning that the local bush copper is useless, surely her befriended shop assistant would send help if a distress call came through!
Actress Cassandra Delaney, whose signature cinematic outfit appears to be oversized men's shirts paired with a belt, would go on to marry singer-song writer John Denver. Denver's siganture song 'Take me Home, Country Roads' failed to inspire the Brisbane Lions to victory in the 2023 Australian Football League Grand Final...of course they were facing a truly remarkable opponent at the time 😏 ⚫️⚪️.
Gary Who plays lunk headed thug Sparks but was most famous for his role in 90s Aussie Sitcom All Together Now. I used to watch this show as a primary schooler, for which my sister mocked me and said it was 'full of sex jokes I wouldn't understand'. This was admittedly accurate and constituted a pretty sick burn.
Bitch.
The true star of the movie is the villianous F-100 truck covered in weird fucked up tubing with demonic red headlights. This automotive beast features in the most memorable scene in the film, where a tormented and topless Daley is tied to the hood of the car and taken on a high speed bush-bash through the outback scrub.
Fair Game is not to he confused with the average US actioner of the same name released in 1995, that was memorable only for featuring Cindy Crawford nudity. (Well memorable to me anyways...I was 14 at the time)
*Australians actually aren't the only country to eat their national emblem. Around 200 other countries also do this...but that doesn't make for a catchy tag line. Before I was a Premiership vegetarian I used to eat quite a bit of Kangaroo meat. It's lean and tasty! Roo tail is a Ltyentye Apurte delicacy...but a little too tough for my incisors.
Australia. The only country in the world that eats our National Emblem.*
Fair Game is an 1986 'rape and revenge' style Ozploitation thriller that (thankfully) doesn't follow through on the first element and is (disappointingly) light on the second element.
Jessica (Cassandra Delaney) runs a Kangaroo sanctuary in the South Australian outback, where she is tormented by a trio of Roo hunters, Sunny (Peter Ford), Ringo (David Sandford) and Sparks (Gary Who), whose sadistic pranks begin to take a darker turn.
There is a pervasive air of threatened sexual assault that hangs over this movie which makes it hard to enjoy. More so the torment to revenge ratio seems way out of balance and there is unfortunately never a convincing sense of Jessica being in control. The final outcome while satisfying, could have been so much more.
Prepare to either yell at the screen in frustration or risk a subconjunctival hemorrhage from severe eye-rolling as Jessica in particular exhibits some bone headed decision making. The worst being an appearance of a ringing phone toward the end of the movie, indicating Jessica could have called for help much earlier but...it somehow passed her mind? While it is established in the beginning that the local bush copper is useless, surely her befriended shop assistant would send help if a distress call came through!
Actress Cassandra Delaney, whose signature cinematic outfit appears to be oversized men's shirts paired with a belt, would go on to marry singer-song writer John Denver. Denver's siganture song 'Take me Home, Country Roads' failed to inspire the Brisbane Lions to victory in the 2023 Australian Football League Grand Final...of course they were facing a truly remarkable opponent at the time 😏 ⚫️⚪️.
Gary Who plays lunk headed thug Sparks but was most famous for his role in 90s Aussie Sitcom All Together Now. I used to watch this show as a primary schooler, for which my sister mocked me and said it was 'full of sex jokes I wouldn't understand'. This was admittedly accurate and constituted a pretty sick burn.
Bitch.
The true star of the movie is the villianous F-100 truck covered in weird fucked up tubing with demonic red headlights. This automotive beast features in the most memorable scene in the film, where a tormented and topless Daley is tied to the hood of the car and taken on a high speed bush-bash through the outback scrub.
Fair Game is not to he confused with the average US actioner of the same name released in 1995, that was memorable only for featuring Cindy Crawford nudity. (Well memorable to me anyways...I was 14 at the time)
*Australians actually aren't the only country to eat their national emblem. Around 200 other countries also do this...but that doesn't make for a catchy tag line. Before I was a Premiership vegetarian I used to eat quite a bit of Kangaroo meat. It's lean and tasty! Roo tail is a Ltyentye Apurte delicacy...but a little too tough for my incisors.
