Crime is a family affair in David Michod’s gritty rites-of-passage drama, blessed with an Oscar-nominated performance from Jacki Weaver as a scheming mother who will stoop to any depths to protect her boys from harm.
The film unfolds through the eyes of 17-year-old Josh Cody (James Frecheville), whose mother overdoses, leaving him alone in the world except for his maternal grandmother, Janine (Weaver), who presides over a Melbourne crime ring comprising her sons Andrew aka Pope (Ben Mendelsohn), Craig (Sullivan Stapleton) and Darren (Luke Ford).
Police officers led by Leckie (Guy Pearce) have already driven Pope into hiding while the other Cody boys continue their illegal activities below the radar.
As Josh is embroiled in the crime ring, the shy and innocent teenager becomes a valuable pawn to the police to expose the skulduggery beneath Janine’s roof and put the Cody clan behind bars for good.
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