Outlaws

As good as outlaw Mc gang movies get. good character development. I actually cared about the Characters. Knuck is a mean sob.

I suspect this film came about after the creators watched Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, which also has Matt Nable cast as a biker, and thought it would work again. It didn't. While the series was good, and Matt is again good, this movie lacks a strong solid plot. The first 3/4 is mostly drama caused by the lead character's mentally challenged brother. Last quarter things finally escalate and the ending is pretty good but it's a lot to sit through.

Probably one of the best Aussie films displaying acting talent by all leads in this highly character driven B-grade low budget film. Matt Nable, Abbey Lee and Simone Kessell played their characters great, but the stand-out performance for me was Josh McConville as Knuck's brother.

Director Stephen McCallum did a fine job in his first full length feature film. Actor Matt Nable's 2nd writing credit was a great story (aside from a few minor plot issues), but the screenplay certainly needed some tweaking, but still well done for his 2nd attempt. The 92 min length was perfect and the pace was on point.

There certainly was room for improvement in this production, but for a low budget film, it showed really well, and held my attention throughout the entire film.

A well deserved 8/10 from me.

Paddo is the stand in president of a 1% outlaw motorcycle gang. His has earnt the respect of the members, and is moving the club up in the world. Paddo has a vision and he has also increased the clubs earnings. The only problem is the real president is soon to be released from jail.

When the rightful president Knucks comes back to the club, he doesn't like the changes he see's in the club. He soon puts the brakes on, and starts changing the direction of the club back to the more traditional bikie stuff. Knucks gets the impression that Paddo's input is harming his leadership of the club, and undermining his authority as the president. A tension soon builds between the two. Paddo is a bit laid back and a thinker, while Knucks is old school, brutal and not very sympathetic (sound familiar Sons Of Anarchy's fans). Both Paddo and Knucks have strong women behind them that adds to the drama. Paddo also has slow brother that causes some dramas for Paddo and himself.

Matt Nable stars as the unlikable Knucks and also wrote this movie. Its about the third time Nable has played an outlaw bikie, so he has had some practice and does Ok. The rest of the cast is forgettable, the sets are ordinary and the movie never really hits any great heights. There is a strong dose of violence and the outlaw bikie lifestyle is laid out. The outlaw bikie stuff you see, is pretty much what you would see in most outlaw bikie documentaries. Obviously this movie is trying to ride the success of the TV series - Sons of Anarchy. Outlaws is a very poor mans Sons OF Anarchy. Outlaw just doesn't have the actors, charisma, characters or story to come anywhere near Sons of Anarchy.

As far as outlaw bikie movies go its just Ok, overall as far as being a decent movie its very average - poor movie.

It's like an Australian Sons of Anarchy, with the fun, wit and quality scriptwriting sucked out it and replaced with various dirty looking meatheads grunting at each other. Every character sticks to the stereotype and the ending is the predictable "crime doesn't pay", even though most of the movie is trying to present the opposite.