The read
A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10. It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
Two strangers – one white, one black – steal a car in western NSW and head for the coast. Jack is abrasive, cunning and disparaging about Aborigines. Gary doesn’t really care – he just wants to escape. En route, they pick up Gary’s Uncle Joe, a French hitchhiker and a young woman who’s running away. Their petty crimes escalate as they go, heading towards disaster.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Phillip NoyceDirector
- Phillip NoyceWriter
Cast
- Bill HunterJack
- Gary FoleyGary
- Zac MartinJoe
- Terry CamilleriJean Claude
- Julie McGregorAnna
- Essie CoffeyAboriginal Woman
- Allan PenneyShopkeeper
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Themes
xenophobia