Last King of the Cross

Decent cast each playing a personality of a real person in most cases. They look and sound just like the real people.

Cleary some of the details are fabricated or dramatised.

For an Australian based TV series this is world class.

Don't listen to the haters. Watch a couple of episodes, don't treat it like a documentary and you will enjoy it too.

Decent cast each playing a personality of a real person in most cases. They look and sound just like the real people.

Cleary some of the details are fabricated or dramatised.

For an Australian based TV series this is world class.

Don't listen to the haters. Watch a couple of episodes, don't treat it like a documentary and you will enjoy it too.

Yes it's good, works for where and when it was.

Still feels like it's not quite all there.

As there is no mention of Ibrahims driving days/nights with- George David Freeman (22 January 1935 - 20 March 1990) was a Sydney bookmaker, racing identity and illegal casino operator.

He was linked to the Sydney drug trade during the 1970s and 1980s, was named in several Royal Commissions into organised crime and had links with American crime figures. Freeman served several prison terms for theft between 1951 and 1968 but was never brought to trial for any of his later alleged crimes, receiving only monetary fines for SP bookmaking in the mid-1980s. Freeman survived a murder attempt in 1979, was married twice, published an autobiography and died in 1990 of heart failure related to asthma and pethidine addiction.

John Ibrahim must have thought to himself "How can I come up with a story where I look like more like an observer than a participator, and don't implicate myself in anything serious". Of course, different names could have been used, and the Ibrahim name ignored altogether, and it looks to me that John Ibrahim wants to be remembered for what the character in the series did, and not what John Ibrahim did in real life. Both series are okay if you don't believe much of what takes place in them. Finally, in the second series, the character who plays Michael looks a lot older than his older brothers which is a bit odd.

OK for a binge watch. Shame that the entire storyline is absolute BS. Painted as a bunch of brothers that were kind and caring, one was "a bit rough around the edges" and the other was good at business. THE TRUTH is that these two brothers were devoid of any redeeming qualities. One was a total narcissist, and the other a violent psychopath. But beyond this, they would not have gotten anywhere without a "Green Light" and the full support of a corrupt New South Wales Police Force (totally ignored in the series). Without this muscle, there is no way they would have been able to do half of what they did and get away with it. I guess that didn't make for good Television.

I started watching with high hopes, yet low expectations. After episode 1, I was pleasantly surprised. I nearly didn't watch the show due to the past few Aussie crime biographies. In my opinion were poorly made and lacked intrigue.

The violence and stories behind it are unexpected for a free to air TV show, yet executed well with me wanting more at the end of each episode.

The quality of actors including " Matt Nable", Callum Mulvey", "Justin Rosniak" and "tim Roth (among others), was a nice surprise, not knowing anything about the show before watching it tonight.

8 stars I feel this could have easily been made into a seasonal tv series, yet I'm looking forward to the final episodes.

This is my first ever review on any show or movie. I think that shows how much of an impact this show has had on me. Having lived some similar experiences throughout my life..