It's a crooked road to goin' straight.
"Wattsy" Wirth (Sam Worthington) is fresh out of prison and determined to go straight. But like Johnny "Spit" Spitieri (David Wenham), and reformed gangster Darren "Dabba" Barrington (Timothy Spall) he discovers that getting on the straight and narrow is a lot harder than he thought. On the outside there are old scores and old enemies, as well as a few new ones, like the newly formed Criminal Investigation Commission. With the CIC breathing down their necks and pressure from underworld boss Chicka Martin (Gary Sweet) and corrupt cop, Arnie DeViers (David Field), it will take Wattsy, Spit and Dabba all their street smarts and rat cunning to stay one step ahead and become square-heads...
Special Agent Matti
Gettin' square is not as good as The hard word but Sam Worthington is almost as cute as Joel Edgerton. Having last been seen in Dirty deeds as an essentially good bloke in search of better living through kitchen implements, there is more than a hint of typecasting. If you've seen Dirty deeds you'll have flashbacks but it's still a fun flick.
And David Wenham has been spending too long at Centrelink.
M (Medium level coarse language, low level violence, low level sex scene)
102 minutes (1:42 hours)
Film: 9 October 2003