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Smash Palace (1981)

Director: Roger Donaldson

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From Time Out Film Guide

This turkey treads similar ground to Mike Newell's Bad Blood (middle-aged New Zealander cracks up and is forced into the role of outlaw). But while Newell constructed a web of social, communal and familial tensions, Donaldson wallows in male menopausal angst via dumbly overstated symbols. Thus the hero runs a wrecked car dump (his marriage is failing), but is building a racing car (he clings to a relationship with his daughter, whom he eventually kidnaps). Get the connections? Instantly forgettable.

Author: SJ 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Roger Donaldson

Producer: Roger Donaldson

Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Keith Aberdein, Greer Robson, Desmond Kelly, Lynne Robson full cast

Duration: 108 mins


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