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6.9/10 • 90

1985-11-241h 28m

DramaHorrorThriller

For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed.

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

Directors
Arch Nicholson
Editors
Ralph Strait

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  1. Rachel Ward

    Rachel Ward

    Sally Jones

  2. Sean Garlick

    Sean Garlick

    Sid

  3. Elaine Cusick

    Elaine Cusick

    Mrs. O'Brien

  4. Laurie Moran

    Laurie Moran

    Mr. O'Brien

  5. Marc Aden Gray

    Marc Aden Gray

    Tommy

  6. Ray Chubb

    Ray Chubb

    Publican

  7. Bradley Meehan

    Bradley Meehan

    Richard

  8. Rebecca Rigg

    Rebecca Rigg

    Narelle

  9. Beth Buchanan

    Beth Buchanan

    Leanne

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drystyx

Apr 2, 2023

9/10

One might view this as the polar opposite of "Lord of the Flies", although both give very credible depictions of kids in dire circumstances. The difference here is that there is a teacher with the kids to guide them. Also, there is no plane crash. Instead, the kids are kidnapped from a very remote school in a very remote place in Australia. There are a lot of very interesting aspects to this film. First of all, the protagonists of a beautiful female teacher and her students in a place so remote that all the grades and ages are combined in one tiny class, so we get older kids and younger kids. Then there are the antagonists, the four kidnappers. They wear masks. One, Father Christmas, is super dangerous. Another, the mouse, is also quite dangerous. The other two have their own problems. "Kitty cat" appears to be someone who might today be on a "sexual predator" list, and the duck is the most reluctant of the group. Instead of "spoiling" the stroy, I'll leave it at this to let you go through the adventure, and there are lot of adventures that the protagonists go through. The reason I say it is the polar opposite of "Flies" is that instead of behaving horrible to each other, they work together to try to survive against the maniac who torments them.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
australiabased on novel or bookundergroundkidnappingcaveelementary schoolteacherrevengesurvivalschooloutbackaustralian outback