To be honest, when I saw this title I mistook it for the film ROBBERY directed by Peter Yates in 1967. I began to see the error of my supposition when I heard the characters talk about dollars and Vietnam and yet no US accent, and note currency with Queen Elizabeth II on it.
Alas, this ROBBERY of 1985 is an Australian TV production featuring Simon Chilvers as a police chief who suspects some of his staff members are "bent" and gets lovel Regina Gagailas to keep must closer than just an eye on a particular individual... and that she does not very willingly to start with, but then she hoists it up to major bang.
Do not expect this story to make logical sense. Instead, it presents a rather unusual angle on crime: former servicemen plan a military-like heist, robbing bookies of A$4.5 million, getting those bookies on their trail and police just after.
Strong acting, very TV-fitting photography but no comedy. Everyone in earnest in some unidentified Oz city, with first class action sequences, stunts and chases. Plus an out and out un-typical ending! 7/10.
Alas, this ROBBERY of 1985 is an Australian TV production featuring Simon Chilvers as a police chief who suspects some of his staff members are "bent" and gets lovel Regina Gagailas to keep must closer than just an eye on a particular individual... and that she does not very willingly to start with, but then she hoists it up to major bang.
Do not expect this story to make logical sense. Instead, it presents a rather unusual angle on crime: former servicemen plan a military-like heist, robbing bookies of A$4.5 million, getting those bookies on their trail and police just after.
Strong acting, very TV-fitting photography but no comedy. Everyone in earnest in some unidentified Oz city, with first class action sequences, stunts and chases. Plus an out and out un-typical ending! 7/10.