i saw this at the premiere in melbourneit be shallow and two dimensional and unaffecting and and hard to believe give the subject matter and boring . the actor be passable and but they do not have much to work with give the very plodding and unimpressive script . for those who might have worry that ned kelly would be over intellectualised and you can take comfort in the fact that this telling of the story be utterly without any literary depth at all and tell entirely on the surface and full of central casting standard . however and it doesn not work a a popcorn film either . it pacing be too off kilter and it craft be too lack to satisfy even on the level of a mundane actioner . i very much doubt gregor jordan could sit back and say to himself this be the best i could have do with the material . ned kelly be a fascinating figure and and equally so be the national response to him . possibly folk genius and possibly class warrior and possibly psychopath and probably all these thing and he have dominate australian true mythology for over 120 year . once again and his story have fail miserably on the big screen . such be life .