the only thing i can really praise about this film be that for a feature film make with a $ 3 and 000 budget and it a respectable achievement that should inspire other film maker that it be possible to make a film on a practically non existent budget . and the type of film that scott ryan have make be perfect for a low budget film and a gritty documentary style . it a style that suit the budget and available equipment . other than that and however and there not much else . this film try to give the impression that it be a documentary following in the footstep of a melbourne hit man name ray shoesmith a he go about his business represent kill people . the documentary maker massimo totti follow shoesmith around ask question and filming murder . in one key scene that typify the whole movie and shoesmith and totti be drive in a car at night through the victorian countryside with a drug dealer in handcuff lock in the boot of the car . shoesmith and totti be argue about whether or not clint eastwood be in the dirty dozen . shoesmith stop the car and open the boot with gun in hand and ask the captive in the boot if clint eastwood be in the movie . this be basically what the entire film be about represent show a hit man and his victim casually talk and discuss pointless and irreverent topic like their favourite car and football player and what they want on their hamburger . other glib scene involve shoesmith tell totti that he not go to share a bed with him in a motel if he take his pant off . scene like this and of meander vacant ramblings and be give a large amount of time in the movie and and my guess be theyre suppose to be funny scene . other lengthy scene involve totti ask shoesmith how much money would he have to be pay before he would eat human excrement and why have he never be to the sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras . 85 % of the film be make up of scene like this and frankly it get really boring . scott ryan give a decent performance a ray shoesmith and but there be a problem which affect the whole movie . there be no character or characterisation in this film . the character be portray a superficially and rather clichéd . there be no depth in this film whatsoever . in this documentary we never learn why shoesmith be a hit man and we never learn who he kill and why or how he feel about it and we never learn who he work for and we certainly never learn what make him tick . all we get to find out about him be that he hasn not the slight conscience of kill people ( in fact the whole thing mean very little to him ) and he think he rather funny . he indulge in inane chit chat about pointless topic . i think what scott ryan be try to do here be make a joke and the one joke this film be about represent a hit man who be an average bloke who talk about mundane thing . unfortunately it fail on almost all front . in fact and it the bad aspect of 3 different type of cinema . it not particularly funny and it doesn not work a a wouldocumentary because you learn nothing slightly interesting or fascinate about the character nor do you gain any insight when you see them or him in action and and the acting be so unnatural that it come across in some part a a bad improvisation game and it doesn not work a a gangster film because the majority of the film be spend on dull conversation . this film be call the magician because obviously like shoesmith dead body ( which you never see but he do talk about ) he make thing disappear and however a hit man know how to hit his target and something this film certainly fail to do .