DVD Movie Review: Two Hands Starring Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown

If you like action thriller type movies, then Two Hands, an Australian gangster movie starring Heath Ledger, is worth putting on your movie list. It is a dark comedy that manages to take a well-worn plot idea and turn it into something fresh and unpredictable. The ending is a surprise and ties the whole story together beautifully. I won't spoil the movie for you in this review, so you can read on.

The movie tagline reads: It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash.

Jimmy (played by Heath Ledger) makes only one mistake, but it was a big one. Jimmy seems to be about 18 or 19 years old but has the intelligence of a distracted teenager in lust. He seems more focused on the smaller picture rather than the big picture and also being a bit naive, doesn't realize the ramifications of burying an envelope of money on the beach while he goes for a short swim a few yards away. He thinks it is safe, but it isn't. By the time he is enlightened, it is too late and he is in a world of trouble. But hey, he wasn't too smart getting involved with criminal activity in the first place. Then again, Jimmy and his naiveté leads us to believe he really didn't think he was doing anything wrong. Now he has to either go on the run or figure out how to raise 10 thousand Australian Dollars in a hurry. Neither is easy and his panic sets the tone of making even more mistakes.