The title is Australia’s slang equivalent to the American phrase “batshit crazy,” and ex-con Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) earns the appellation in spades. He’s the kind of friend you want to hide the box cutter from when he suddenly decides to pay an unannounced visit. Fresh out of the slammer, Pommie sets out to find his former cellmate and love of his life, Sparra (Alex Russell), only to discover there’s a fiancee (Jessica De Gouw) in the picture. For the first 30 minutes or so, every movement, glance, and gesture results in sexual tension that eventually brings us to an ending fraught with suspense. It’s in the middle section, where Stapleton’s allowed to go off the rails – including the anal rape of a prostitute that’s as repugnant and it is uncalled for – that the film loses track of the tenderness director Tony Ayres, screenwriter Blake Ayshford, and their cast bring to this bizarre love triangle. (2014) — Scott Marks
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