Chopper

Zac Weber

Eric Bana owns this role. His intensity and twisted charisma emanate through the screen. Chopper is an astonishing debut from director Andrew Dominik, and off the top of my head - one of the best Australian features I've ever seen.

mjgildea

Entertaining and well-directed. The coke and courtroom scenes were well done. I'm guessing the bad VHS cinematography was more the result of a low budget than a creative vision but despite how uncomfortable Chopper has the tendency to make its audience feel it doesn't overstay its welcome.

J. O.

A truly unique (and often forgotten) film that paved the way for the likes of Bronson. Every time I revisit this little gem, I am in total awe of Bana's performance. It's an extremely textured and complex character working within a very gritty, colour-splashed world.

Mugino

The more charismatic, funny and affable the sociopath, the harder it is to write him off as he does the despicable things that betray his true nature. "Chopper" Read goes beyond that, laughing at his peculiar celebrity. He gets the broader joke and so does Dominik's bracing debut film. Bana is unrecognizable and riveting in a part seemingly made for him. There are peaks to his talent that we have surely yet to see.

T. J. Harman

Set the benchmark for a lot of great crime/prison films of the 2000s (Pusher trilogy, Bronson, Hunger, A Prophet). Eric Bana sure is wasting his potential in his hollywood career since this film.

Christopher R. Smith

Stylish debut from writer-director Andrew Dominik features a fine character performance by Eric Bana. A lot of style and attitude, but the story is disjointed and fails to be consistently compelling, which makes it drag at times. Worth watching for Bana's performance.

Crap Monster

I felt the biggest flaw to this film was an absence of a strong introduction. Possibly the most interesting thing about Chopper Reed was how he got into prison in the first place, which was sadly skimmed over in this filmic take.

Pierluigi Puccini

Eric Bana shines as a contemporary Alex DeLarge, less intelligent and more insecure, but with a similar joie de vivre and disproportionate ego. Brutal, darkly humorous and superbly acted.