Really Surprised!

Pretty Good

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Fans of Underbelly should definitely give this a watch. Killing time follows Andrew Fraser and his real life rise and fall as a criminal lawyer, from his massive cocaine addiction to the years he spent in prison, you will watch his life unfold and the colourful criminals his mixed with in his rise. As far as accuracy goes, as it is all mostly told from Andrews point of view, it's about as accurate as he saw things, which is good because you are seeing the world as he sees it and for the most part routing for him. You are left to decide if he is a bad person or not.

I have just completed watching the Killing Time series on the Soho channel on pay TV. I am not too sure how i missed this at time of release but so glad i caught the beginning of this show on its re- screening.I won't go into too much detail other than to say this would have to be one of David Wenham' finest. I have always liked/loved David Wenham as an actor and i think the first time I ever saw him in a show were the "Sea Change" series that aired on ABC years ago.The whole show is superbly cast but David Wenham is certainly convincing in this role. Diana Glenn also plays a magnificent long suffering wife role in this show.I do hope it won numerous awards and if like me you haven't seen it before i certainly suggest you do.An excellent show, excellent actors, excellent storyline/plot (i did not know anything about Andrew Fraser before i started watching this show). A must see for the acting alone.

This is just superb Aussie true crime drama, with David Wenham utterly convincing as disgraced(but bloody brilliant)lawyer Andrew Fraser.The Melbourne crime milieu feels just right.Colin Friels makes a great Lewis Moran.Kris McQuade delivers a searing performance as crime matriarch Kath Pettingill(Granny Evil).You'll also never be able to quite shake the Walsh St murders after seeing this...rendered like something out of a nightmare."Killing Time" also gets its period feel RIGHT without overly drawing attention to its set/clothes/hair/music details--HELLO "Puberty Blues".Liked the use of Nick Cave/Hunters and The Saints.NOT-TO-BE-MISSED.

To be honest, I'm usually happy to let Australian television pass me by. But the ads I saw for this series quickly grabbed me. Four episodes in, and I'm delighted to say that this series has plenty to recommend it.David Wenham of Lord of the Rings fame plays real-life barrister Andrew Fraser as he seeks out and represents some of Melbourne's most notorious criminals, and he does an excellent job of portraying the two Frasers we see in the series- the brilliant, cocky, ambitious and utterly amoral lawyer who's built up his perfect life with all the trappings of success, and the broken wreck of a man trying to survive in prison, his life and reputation in ruins as he pays the price for his arrogance (although we don't know what specifically he's been convicted of at this point). But this show has more to it than just Wenham and the star power he brings. The acting throughout is excellent, despite almost all of the cast being unknowns to me. The director's done a nice job of showing us Melbourne at its best in places while simultaneously showing us just how degraded some of its citizens are.There are genuine laugh-out-loud moments, most of them courtesy of the wonderfully psychotic Dennis Allen (AKA Mr. Death) and the smooth but ruthless crime boss Lewis Moran (played by Colin Friels). And it captures the full shock and horror of some the crimes committed by Fraser's clients. As someone with an interest in Australian true crime history I'm fascinated by the stories around these crimes which I'd only heard of in passing.All in all, I'm glad I gave Killing Time a shot and I look forward to seeing how it all pans out. At the time of this review, IMDb's given it a weighted score of 5.9. However, the mean score for this show is 8.2 and I think that does it much more justice.8/10.