Hando (Russel Crowe) is the leader of a racist gang of skinheads who spend their days drinking, fighting and terrorizing the "foreign" population. Davey, Hando's main mate seems just as boneheaded as the rest of the bunch but beneath the surface we learn he has a heart and over time it's this organ that gets his brain to listen. By the end of the film Davey will find himself face to face with Hando under not so friendly circumstances.
To say this film is controversial would be an accurate statement. The director's ultimate message risks getting overlooked in what could be construed as a kind of ambiguous portrayal of an idiotic ideology driven by hate, delusion, intolerance and fear.
Daniel Pollack who played Davey took his own life before the film was released.
Romper Stomper
Released in 1992
Directed by Geoffrey Wright
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