Main Cast: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone
Release Year: 1997
Country: AU
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A runaway Japanese bride finds herself alone in Sydney, Australia when her lover fails to show up to save her from her husband, and she ends up on an off-road adventure with a handsome getaway driver while fleeing gangsters, cops from two countries and her murderously humiliated spouse. The whole mess begins when Midori (Youki Kudoh) engineers her own kidnapping to avoid her honeymoon night with her hyper-tense businessman husband Yukio (Kenji Isomura). When he notices Midori's absence, Yukio panics. Local policemen Bishop and Moffat are assigned the case and it is while talking to Yukio and the staff that they learn the truth. When the Japanese press finds out about Yukio's plight, they merrily proceed to crucify him in the headlines, making him a laughingstock. Meanwhile, Midori, after getting jilted, goes to a bank to exchange some money and is caught in the midst of an armed bankrobbery masterminded by Afghani hoodlums Mahood (Robert Mammone) and his brother Gullbuddin. The two are about to shoot the terrified Midori when their getaway driver Colin (Russell Crowe) intervenes. Gullbuddin is accidentally killed during the scuffle and Colin hits the highway with Midori. With the aforementioned crowd in hot pursuit, the two fugitives head for a farm in the boonies where Colin's elderly, embittered father lives in almost comical isolation. Along the way, the two encounter several memorable characters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Petru Gheorghiu - Boorjan; Kate Fitzpatrick - Gloria; Mark Hembrow - Truck Driver; Norman Kaye - Store Owner; Colin Hay - Jonah; Susan Prior - Sharon; Matthew Dyktynski - Detective Moffat; Brian Martinka - Detective Bishop
Credit
Hugh Bateup - Art Director, Anna Lennon-Smith - Casting, Annie Marshall - Costume Designer, Adrian Pickersgill - First Assistant Director, Craig Lahiff - Director, John Scott - Editor, Craig Lahiff - Executive Producer, Georgina Pope - Executive Producer, Graeme Kohne - Composer (Music Score), Michael Atkinson - Composer (Music Score), Vicki Niehus - Production Designer, Brian J. Breheny - Cinematographer, Al Clark - Producer, Helen Leake - Producer, Toivo Lember - Sound/Sound Designer, Richard Bone - Stunts, Louis Nowra - Screenwriter
