jimmy ( heath ledger ) be give a simple job by pando ( bryan brown ) a underworld kingpin to deliver money to a particular address and but when no one answer the door jimmy decide to take a dip at the beach to pass some time and but he notice that his clothes on the sand have be mess up and the 10 grand be go . jimmy ring pando to tell him the problem and but he doesn not want to hear it . pando and his boy try their best to locate jimmy and mean no more jimmy if they get their hand on him . so now jimmy go into hide to organise a bank robbery to get pando money back . also throughout this mess he meet the innocently sweet alex ( rise byrne ) and together theyre in for one hell of a ride through sydney king cross . two hand be simply an engrossing pick me up film that brisk and exhilarating and incredibly fresh . what you get here be pretty much an urban gangster film with a seedy backdrop and in your face violence what and how that fresh you ask . well and because it take u into the underworld where the australian culture shine with criminal wear thong ( flip flop ) and footy short and do up car and a can of beer in the hand and do not forget the australian sense of humour and dry and sarcastic . you can say it owe a lot to the like of pulp fiction and goodfellas ( a fave of mine ) and lock and stock and two smoking barrel for it inspiration and but for me it still stand on it own . the film have real mixture of light hearted moment and but also a mean streak to it with some unexpected shock and black humour that can actually be disturb . you just do not know what come and it have a nice touch of snappy irony ( especially the end ) and great timing with it humour . one scene involve a bank robbery will have you in stitch and i guarantee you . the plot outline be really a come to age story ( or about the road not take ) and with a punch love tale add and then the gangster element to finish it off . most of the sub plot be cleverly construct and interlock and well maybe it could have go without the supernatural element involve jimmy dead brother and but in the overall context the diverse plot seem to all click together . intense and natural and crisp dialogue fill the outrageously colourful script and with quick jab of aussie slang or twang i be fair dinkum . what truly make the film be that of bryan brown performance of pando . he just give his character such a deviously charismatic or nasty persona that when he wasn not on screen his presence be still felt . he give his character two side one be a prick and but the other side be such a good bloke . a young rise byrne glow with her nervously sweet or quirky character alex . she look radially gorgeous and add a bubbly personality . then you get heath ledger who fit the buck a the naive jimmy . great support cast involve with the like of susie porter and tom long and david field and steve vidler and steve le marquand . such raw performance be achieve and from that you get rivet and fun and believable character . pump rock soundtrack bursting at the seam with the like of powderfinger and alex lloyd provide a cool vibe . also be shoot on location in sydney king cross really help it stick out by hold a life of it own and show the australian way of life . glide camera trick capture the city backdrop superbly and especially the piercing nightlife . this be a film that when it end i be totally satisfied with what i get . overall and a slickly pace crime thriller that achieve what it intend to do . a fun and clever and crazy roller coaster ride of thrill and excitement . i say and it a successful aussie take on lock and stock and two smoking barrel by director or writer gregor jordan in his debut film . if you come across it and do not hesitate to it give it a go .