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The square - David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton, Nash Edgerton

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Some things won't stay buried.

Stuck in a loveless marriage, Raymond Yale (David Roberts) is re-invigorated by a chance meeting with the troubled and beautiful, Carla Smith (Claire Van Der Boom). She instantly sees in him an escape from her controlling, criminal husband (Anthony Hayes), and a dangerous affair begins. Discovering a bag of cash hidden in the rafters of her house presents a risky (but real) opportunity: a chance to run away. For fear of losing his love, Ray engineers a plan involving a petty criminal (Joel Edgerton). But things go horribly wrong. Alarm bells sound and suspicions are raised but miraculously, the dust looks to settle… after all... nobody knows.

Until the first blackmail note arrives. Now, just how far into the abyss is a man willing to go for love?

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David Roberts ... Raymond Yale
Claire van der Boom .... Carla
Joel Edgerton .... Billy
Anthony Hayes .... Smithy
Bill Hunter .... Gil Hubbard
Damon Herriman .... Eddie
Peter Phelps .... Jake
Kieran Darcy-Smith .... Barney
Lucy Bell .... Martha
Hanna Mangan Lawrence .... Lily
Julian Morrow .... Dale Portman
Tony Lynch .... Santa Claus
Paul Caesar .... Miles
Lisa Bailey .... Wendy Portman
Brendan Donoghue .... Leonard Long
Amanda Crompton .... Jenny
Eliza Logan .... Rita
Maree D'Arcy .... Mrs Smith
Joel Edgerton .... Storywriter
Joel Edgerton .... Screenwriter
Matthew Dabner .... Screenwriter
Nash Edgerton .... Director

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Theatrical report

I don't know why new, young, male filmmakers burst onto the big screen with hard-edged crime movies but they do, they do. I have to say that my first film script was a sex/murder romp. Maybe it's a testosterone thing.

Meanwhile, Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner have come up with a dirty, nasty, twisty bastard of a movie full of characters who have insufficient redeeming features to remain alive by the end of the film. I'm not saying that they all die but it's not for lack of trying. There's also plenty of irony.

The square is a good little Aussie movie that ranks somewhere between Gettin' square and Dirty deeds but without the stylishness of either (that's not a bad thing, just an observation).

The Australia, thriller movie The square is directed by Nash Edgerton and stars David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton.