the performance be superb and the costume deliver a unique feeling for the period and be a victorian living historian and i be impress with the accuracy of weaponry and attention to detail . i wouldn not say you need any knowledge of the kelly saga to stay with the flow of this movie but to comprehend the happening and attitude of the time you will require a bit of basic historical knowledge . do not expect and a some rather silly people do and any of the character to have the auzzie accent a we know it and it be and at that time and a country during infancy . ok and the story have some element of fiction but these be require for a wider following of the film . gregor jordan say in the extra feature on the dvd that he want his movie to inspire an interest and and that be exactly what happen with me so this movie get the thumb up here . see it and you will not be sorry .