SHER MOUNTAIN KILLINGS MYSTERY

Australia, 1990, 84 minutes, Colour.
Joe Bugner, Phillip Avalon, Tom Richards, Abigail.
Directed by Vince Martin.

Sher Mountain Killings Mystery did not receive very good reviews at all. It is an exploitation film (listed in the film about Ozploitation films). It stars Joe Bugner, whose family left Hungary after the 1956 uprising, who was a world champion boxer at forty-eight, went to (??*?) fights with Mohammed Ali. In later years he appeared in programs like this.

The film has a mountain setting from its title, a mysterious mountain, with a Ranger who is to protect a mysterious gem with magic powers. Needless to say, many criminals are after it. When they converge on the mountain, The Ranger attacks them and preserves the gem. The film opens and closes with a sleeping man – from whom The Ranger emerges, a sleeping giant.

1. An Australian thriller? The supernatural?

2. The city of Sydney, the mountain locations, authentic? The musical score?

3. The title, the focus on the mountain, the killings, the supernatural atmosphere, The Ranger?

4. Davey- Joe and his type? The stone, the robbery, the criminals, Conrad? Losing the gem? Caine and his role? The pursuit? Muriel and Anne and their involvement? The gun?

5. Alex and the money, Caine and his guilt, Anna and Muriel? The holiday? Their sharing, losing the bag? The encounter with the criminals, danger, the resolution?

6. Caine, mute, the brother, the holiday? The stone and The Ranger? Wandering, the danger, saved? The future?

7. The criminals and their style?

8. The women and their relationships? The dangers? Final peace?

9. The Ranger, the sleeping man, his help, the confrontations? Elements of an Australian thriller?