The murderous rampage continues in Stan’s unique six-part small screen series which introduces a vengeful American college student and looks like a million blood-stained bucksCould Mick Taylor,the psychotic flannel-clad killer played by John Jarratt in the Wolf Creek movies, be a relative of Mick (aka Crocodile) Dundee? Perhaps an estranged long-lost cousin, or psychotically furious about his doofus “you call that a knife?” family member’s surprise success? Their stories may seize region in diametrically opposed genres,and thus very different universes, but in a sense the two Micks are cut from the same cloth: both atavistic Akubra-wearing Australian bastards who send up stereotypical perceptions of the precise-blue alpha male. Related: Wolf Creek: Rewatching classic Australian films Related: Straight to the pool room: top 10 films about the Australian dream Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com