“AUSSIE OUTBACK VENGEANCE” – Retro Re-release Movie Review: FAIR GAME (1986)
Quentin Tarantino, when referring to Fair Game (1986), said the following: “FAIR GAME’ has badass scary bitching mechanical monsters, bad guys are driving…they are kangaroo killers which automatically makes them the bad guys…and they’re f**king with the chick” Indeed, following in the footsteps of classic revenge films such as ‘DEATH WISH’ (1974) and ‘EXTREMITIES’ (1986), Mario Andreacchio 1986’s Ozploitation thriller presents a unique narrative where the star power is not only in the small and talented cast, but in the isolated and hot Australian outback. An attractive and seemingly timid outback nature reserve keeper Jessica (Cassandra Delaney) suddenly become targeted by a group of thugs, initially out to hunt kangaroos but soon focus all their attention on Jessica. The harassment gradually escalates in severity, with the three thugs initially running her off the road but their tormenting becomes more sinister as they stalk her and break into her farm-house. This […]