646f9e108c Local goon, Gerry, hires a yellow mini in Kaitaia using a stolen license. John&#39;s wife has just left him and moved to Invercargill. He is devastated and needs to talk to her. He has no transport and needs a ride. Together with the little mini that Gerry names &quot;Pork Pie&quot;, they hit the road to travel the length of the country. Their high speed exploits earn them the name &quot;the Blondini gang&quot;. The police, however take a dim view of this and make it their mission in life to stop the Blondini boys from reaching their destination. I&#39;m saddened to report that the region 4 2 disc DVD release has been cut by about 12 minutes, a series of cuts so severe that it renders some subplots completely meaningless.<br/><br/>presumably this has been done by the Director, but i still feel somewhat cheated that a original version isn&#39;t available on this &quot;not so special edition&quot;<br/><br/>However the region 2 DVD is complete,although the picture quality isn&#39;tgood. the fact the region 2 is full frame isn&#39;t too badthe film was shot that way and theatrically matted to 1.85<br/><br/>my advice is that if you want to see this Kiwi classic the way you originally remember it get the Region two version Typical road/buddy movie about two strangers who come together through circumstance and then bond in their quest to snub authority and the system. This time it&#39;s done in along trek across New Zealand in a very small (yet very durable) little car. Certainly not the most original idea and not the most plausible either. Yet the humor is genuinely funny and the characters are better defined than other movies of similar type (ala GUMBALL RALLY). Actor Johnson is particularly gooda rebellious and confused young man with no constructive outlet to channel his emotions. Overall this is not a important movie nor even a memorable one, but it is a enetertaining one that should bring out everyones deep seated desire for independance and nonconformity.
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