Son of A Gun
Son of A Gun (2014) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Julius Avery Written by: Julius Avery, John Collee Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor Rating: R Release Date: December 11th, 2014 A masked Brenton Thwaites and Ewan McGregor in Son of a Gun © 2014 - Koch Media There's something about Australia. I've never been there, but I imagine it's not all just surfing and Fosters . There seems to be a strong, dark current running underneath the outback. In the tradition of violent, cynical thrillers like the Mad Max trilogy , Rover, Sanctum, Animal Kingdom or Rabbit Proof Fence , Australian cinema seems to be exorcising it's demons, (internationally, at least), on the silver screen. The latest blood soaked export from Australia is Julius Avery's Son of A Gun. As far as brutality and carnage goes, Son of a Gun is a doozy. Son of a Gun follows JR, (Brenton Thwaites), who arrives, at the age of 19, in a high security Australian