Smash Palace

1981

Action / Drama / Thriller

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 1328 1.3K

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Plot summary

Al Shaw's life revolves around motor racing and his back country junkyard, the "Smash Palace". His French wife, Jacqui, doesn't appreciate the lack of attention due to Al's obsession with cars. When Al finds her in the arms of another man, he takes his daughter, Georgie and heads for the bush, desperately hoping to hold on to the only family he has left.

Director

Roger Donaldson Photo
Roger Donaldson

Top cast

Don Lee Photo
Don Lee as Minister
Terence Donovan Photo
Terence Donovan as Traffic Officer
Sean Duffy Photo
Sean Duffy as Frank
Anna Maria Monticelli Photo
Anna Maria Monticelli as Jacqui Shaw
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914.25 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 1
1.72 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Scott R 4 / 10

NYT 1000 films. I can see why it

NYT 1000 films. I can see why it was included for uniqueness from a different country, but I didn't enjoy the film. The plot was a bit weak, odd actions / motivations, and the characters were frustrating. Saw on YouTube.
Reviewed by N L 10 / 10

The holy grail of NZ new wave

the holy grail of NZ new wave
Reviewed by walter m 7 / 10

In running the auto shop that his father

In running the auto shop that his father owned before him, Al(Bruno Lawrence) and his French wife Jacqui(Anna Jemison) have their assigned tasks. She answers the phone while he goes out on calls. But socially their lives are more ambiguous which becomes clear when they need a babysitter for their seven-year old daughter Georgie(Greer Robson). So, Al stays home while Jacqui goes to a party and has to be driven home by Ray(Keith Aberdein), Al's best friend, when she has too much to drink. As domestic drama, "Smash Palace" has a few very familiar elements like Jacqui being lonely and needing somebody to talk to while all Al wants to do is race cars.(In fact, even on a limited budget, the racing scenes are finely handled.) But even as rough as it can be in spots, including one atrocious performance, the movie finds something unique to say in the way it presents this broken relationship where even the lovemaking has a desperate and violent feel. That's because Al and Jacqui have vastly different visions for how to raise their daughter who is caught in the mniddle and is probably going to use her future race car driving earnings for her huge psychotherapy bills.
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