Sleeping Dogs (1977)

Don't get me wrong this is undeniably well acted with a spectacular performance from Sam Neil but this just isn't for me. It was a total slog to get through as I didn't particularly care for the plot, definitely more something my dad would enjoy. I'm curious to find out how…

Anna🍓

Political action thriller from New Zealand about a man who, after splitting from his wife, seeks solitude on a little island in Coromandel. His peace is shattered when he somehow ends up getting dragged into a revolution. Well, no man is an island I guess. The film is based…

Slig001

Ten Films That Aren't Jurassic Park Because I Watched That Recently, Which Celebrate the Career of Sam Neill I wanted to do something to honour the great actor we sadly lost this week, and where better to start than his excellent breakthrough performance in Sleeping…

ᴊᴏᴇ ᴍᴄᴋᴇᴏᴡɴ

When Warren Oates shows up at your motel room wearing Groucho Marx glasses, carrying party hats, a bottle of liquor and a stereo and wants to dance - you don't sit there all pouty like Sam Neil and start talking about nightmares.

Justin LaLiberty

An odd film, awkwardly paced and plotted. But I really liked its semi-sci-fi thriller style. It's really alarming to see New Zealand in civil war mode. Ultra young Sam Neill is great. Warren Oates is fun and quite distressing in a tiny guest appearance. The Kiwi landscape…

Dave Jackson

The film that switch the notion of Kiwi cinema as more than just cheesy melodrama - Sleeping Dogs tells the story of man whose going through a harsh time recluse himself in an island, just to find himself enrolled in a revolution. Sam Neill is certainly one of the…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Obtaining some early recognition for Sam Neill as the chief protagonist, referred to throughout only as Smith, this dark political thriller from New Zealand managed to attract some large scale audiences and finally placed the country on the global cinematic map.  Neil…

Paul Elliott

A man loathes his world so much he conjures a police state to hunt him into freedom. Plus Warren Oates as Hollywood's boogeyman. This was Roger Donaldson's first feature, and his strengths as an action director are on full display. Sleeping Dogs communicates through its…

Filipe Furtado

Sleeping Dogs is a very niche Australian film that I knew absolutely nothing about aside from it starring Sam Neill. The story is very interesting but in my opinion it takes a bit too long to get going. The performances are solid though and there’s some cool cinematography…

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