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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

OUT 28 FEBRUARY

CERT 18 DIRECTOR Justin Kurzel STARRING George MacKay, Essie Davis, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Orlando Schwerdt SCREENPLAY Peter Carey, Shaun Grant DISTRIBUTOR Picturehouse Entertainment RUNNING TIME 124 mins

Returning to form after , director Justin Kurzel is once more up to his eyes in mud, blood and, this take on the infamous outlaw is all dust, dirt and dysfunction. And like his lean, mean take on , its brutality is punctuated by expressionistic flourishes of vivid beauty.

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