Set twenty-five years after the original film, the series follows the new generation of far-right activists and the anti-fascist groups who oppose them.
Romper Stomper
( dir. Geoffrey Wright
)
Australia
:
Seon Films
,
1992
Z1635775
1992
single work
film/TV
(taught in 1 units)
Hando and his best mate Davey are the leaders of a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray during the 1980s. Living off the dole, they inhabit a disused tyre shop draped with Nazi flags. When Gabe, who is running from a sexually abusive relationship with her rich father, becomes Hando's girlfriend and joins the gang, she inadvertently creates tension, because Davey is also attracted to her. After beating up a Vietnamese youth, the skinheads are forced to escape to a disused warehouse when his friends retaliate. It's here that Hando plots his revenge. Gabe pursues her own vengeance, by leading the gang to her father's house. When Hando kicks her out, she gets even by telling the police where the skinheads are hiding. Hando, Davey, and a recalcitrant Gabe subsequently take to the road.
(Source: Australian Screen)
'Just before Christmas a young Afghan, presumably Muslim, drove a vehicle through a group of pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne. Some people were seriously injured. But this wasn't the first such incident in Melbourne. Twelve months earlier another man did the same thing, killing innocent people including a ten-year-old girl from the Jewish community.' (Introduction)
'I am standing on the steps of Alexandria Gardens, metres from the banks of the Yarra river, its sick and sludgy brown texture camouflaged by darkness. Rowers slice through the water while trams rattle on the road above me. Flinders Street station’s famous dome is a stone’s throw away, looming above a street preacher who is ranting about the end of days.' (Introduction)
'Stan’s new remake and serialisation of the 1992 movie classic Romper Stomper opens with the original haunting theme music that has been canonised and sampled by many contemporary skinhead bands. The first scene then begins with waves rolling along a beach - similar to how the original film had ended.' (Introduction)
'Stan’s new series is coming whether we like it or not. But who really wants to watch a show told from the perspective of neo-Nazis and violent alt-righters? '
'Stan’s new remake and serialisation of the 1992 movie classic Romper Stomper opens with the original haunting theme music that has been canonised and sampled by many contemporary skinhead bands. The first scene then begins with waves rolling along a beach - similar to how the original film had ended.' (Introduction)
'In the forthcoming Stan series, the enemy of the far right has switched from Asian immigrants to Muslim Australia. But does the story have the moral nuance it needs to handle that?'
'Stan’s new series is coming whether we like it or not. But who really wants to watch a show told from the perspective of neo-Nazis and violent alt-righters? '
'I am standing on the steps of Alexandria Gardens, metres from the banks of the Yarra river, its sick and sludgy brown texture camouflaged by darkness. Rowers slice through the water while trams rattle on the road above me. Flinders Street station’s famous dome is a stone’s throw away, looming above a street preacher who is ranting about the end of days.' (Introduction)
'Just before Christmas a young Afghan, presumably Muslim, drove a vehicle through a group of pedestrians in Flinders Street in Melbourne. Some people were seriously injured. But this wasn't the first such incident in Melbourne. Twelve months earlier another man did the same thing, killing innocent people including a ten-year-old girl from the Jewish community.' (Introduction)
