3 Mile Limit

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3 Mile Limit
Directed byCraig Newland
Written byCraig Newland
Andrew Gunn
Produced byCraig Newland
Starring
Release date
  • 6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

3 Mile Limit (alternatively titled 1480: Radio Pirates) is a 2014 New Zealand drama film directed by Craig Newland, starring Matt Whelan, Dan Musgrove, Belinda Crawley, David Aston, James Crompton and Elliot Wrightson. It is based on the rise of Radio Hauraki.

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Reception

Elias Savada of Film Threat wrote a positive review of the film. [1]

The New Zealand Herald rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and called it a "Tidy but colourless adaptation of a rocking good story". [2]

Graeme Tuckett of Stuff wrote that while the cast, especially Whelan and Crawley, "give it their all", the film is "without credible dialogue, better drawn characters, and a bit more confidence and swagger in the directors' chair". [3]

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References

  1. Savada, Elias (17 February 2014). "3 MILE LIMIT". Film Threat . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. "Movie review: 3 Mile Limit". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. Tuckett, Graeme (8 March 2014). "Review: 3 Mile Limit". Stuff . Retrieved 28 January 2023.