Brad (Matt Day) and Gregor (Jason Barry) are Melbourne med students living in impoverished conditions in a ratty one-room apartment. They're deeply in debt to loan shark George "Roy" Rogers, (Chris Haywood), and they hardly have enough to eat and keep warm. But an opportunity to make money literally falls from the sky: a body with parts that can be removed and sold, on the quiet, to surgeon Marcus Browning (Rod Mullinar). This is the start of a grisly Burke and Hare-like operation, but things are complicated by a pair of rival human organ dealers, the suspicious Roy, a couple of cops and Brad's girlfriend, Sophie (Petra Yared), a fellow student who has to work as a hooker to pay her bills...
There's a wonderful ruthlessness to Robert Taylor's screenplay
This often very funny black comedy is inventive, fast-moving and beautifully acted. It also contains a serious sub-text, about the way government cutbacks are impacting on health and educational services. There's a wonderful ruthlessness to Robert Taylor's screenplay, which is beautifully acted by Matt Day, Jason Barry and a strong supporting cast. Lots of throwaway jokes, like the fact that Roy Rogers' goons are called Dale and Trigger, and fine widescreen photography by Roger Lanser make this an unexpectedly enjoyable film.
