Poor John Waters, he of "Play School" fame and favourite of the late seventies early eighties Australian film set, where is your career heading? With little to work with in terms of character Waters maintains a detached sense of delivery throughout the film while projecting a sense of embarrassment for the poor level of acting provided by his supporting cast. The standouts in his supporting cast are surprisingly the women, Rose McKenna is fun as the spoiled society lady and Jules McCutcheon (?) an absolute hoot as one of Water's character's former flames. Nunzio LaBianca (Aussie park boyz) is solid as the bad guy. There's a nightclub, a crap dj, stolen diamonds, a bouncer rookie, bikies and girls galore. While only a short film, from memory it ran for only seventy or so minutes, everyone seems to do the best they can. Everyone that is but whoever is responsible for that LUDICROUS makeup. I'm sure like most Aussie films the budget was tight, but when you can see wounds moving around the faces of the actors and in some cases actually peeling off it's a little hard to take seriously. Perhaps some professional training? The script is fun and tight, sure some of the gags are totally cheesy and clichéd but that's where the actors have all their fun. Low budget yes, but a lot of fun nonetheless.
Review of The Bouncer
