Locusts (2019 film)

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Locusts
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Directed byHeath Davis
Written byAngus Watts
Produced byAngus Watts
Distributed byBonsai Films
Release date
  • April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)(Newport Beach Film Festival) [1]
Running time
85min
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Locusts is a 2019 independent crime thriller film, written and produced by Dr. Angus Watts [2] and directed by Heath Davis [3] starring Ben Geurens, Jessica McNamee, Nathaniel Dean in lead roles. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It was distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Bonsai Films. [5]

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It also marks the acting debut of rugby league player George Burgess. [5] [6] It has Chris Bland as DOP, Rick Beecroft as assistant director, Tiare Tomaszewski as line producer, Jason King as associate producer, and Carlo Crescini as production designer. [6] [7]

The film is the final onscreen role of Australian actor Damian Hill who died in September 2018. [9] [10]

Plot

The plot is set in a fictional post mining boom town where drugs, unemployment, and desperation have become rife. [6] A tech entrepreneur, Ryan Black, returns reluctantly to his hometown for his father's funeral. [5] [6] [7] [11] He gets reunited with his ex-con brother, Tyson. [5] [6] [7] The plot also includes Isabella, a single mother played by Jessica McNamee. [6] George Burgess plays a bouncer. [11]

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ "Locusts".
  2. ↑ Free, Erin. "Locusts - Review". Film Ink. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Scheck, Frank (28 November 2019). "'Locusts': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Proszenko, Adrian (21 July 2018). "Burgess continues Souths Sydney's great Hollywood tradition". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian Neo-Western Locusts to Shoot in Broken Hill and Sydney This Month | FilmInk". www.filmink.com.au. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Heath Davis unleashes suspense drama 'Locusts'". IF Magazine. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Maddox, Garry (8 July 2018). "Locusts swarm as Broken Hill aims to boost film business". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  8. ↑ IMDb: Locusts Title Page
  9. ↑ Film Ink Magazine : Tribute To Damian Hill
  10. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald : ‘Australian actor Damian Hill, star of Pawno, dead at 42’
  11. 1 2 "Dailytelegraph.com.au | Subscribe to The Daily Telegraph for exclusive stories". myaccount.news.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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