Directed by:
David MichôdScreenplay:
David MichôdCinematography:
Adam ArkapawComposer:
Antony PartosCast:
James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton, Dan Wyllie, Anthony Hayes, Laura Wheelwright (more)Plots(1)
Following the death of his mother, 17 year-old Joshua 'J' Cody (newcomer James Frecheville) moves in with his doting grandmother, Smurf (Jacki Weaver), and her three criminal sons - the Cody boys. The eldest, "Pope" (Ben Mendelsohn) is an armed robber, in hiding from a cadre of renegade detectives. Then there's Craig (Sullivan Stapleton), a successful but volatile drug dealer, and the youngest, Darren (Luke Ford), who naively follows his brothers' lead. Just as Pope's business partner and best mate, Barry "Baz" Brown (Joel Edgerton), decides that he wants out, tensions between the Codys and the police explode. J finds himself at the centre of a cold-blooded revenge plot that turns his family upside down and throws him directly into the path of senior homicide detective, Nathan Leckie (Guy Pearce). Animal Kingdom is a powerful crime drama that tells the story of a tense battle between a criminal family and the police and of the ordinary lives caught in the middle. (Madman Entertainment)
(more)Cast
James Frecheville
Australia
Best movies:
Zátopek (2021)
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
The First Time (2012)
Ben Mendelsohn
Australia
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Ready Player One (2018)
The King (2019)
Joel Edgerton
Australia
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Guy Pearce
UK
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Memento (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Luke Ford
Canada
Best movies:
Red Dog (2011)
The Black Balloon (2008)
Charlie's Country (2013)
Jacki Weaver
Australia
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Bird Box (2018)
Sullivan Stapleton
Australia
Best movies:
Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011) (TV movie)
Gangster Squad (2013)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Dan Wyllie
Australia
Best movies:
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Charlie's Country (2013)
Anthony Hayes
Australia
Best movies:
The Light Between Oceans (2016)
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
Laura Wheelwright
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Underground (2012) (TV movie)
Mirrah Foulkes
Best movies:
The Gift (2015)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
War Machine (2017)
Justin Rosniak
Australia
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
War Machine (2017)
Down Under (2016)
Susan Prior
Best movies:
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Jasper Jones (2017)
Clayton Jacobson
Australia
Best movies:
Upgrade (2018)
He Died with a Felafel In His Hand (2001)
Kenny (2006)
Anna Lise Phillips
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
The Killing Field (2014) (TV movie)
Redd Inc. (2012)
Tim Phillipps
Australia
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Lemon Tree Passage (2014)
Josh Helman
Australia
Best movies:
Thirteen Lives (2022)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Michael Cody
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Kieran Darcy-Smith
Australia
Best movies:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Two Hands (1999)
The Square (2008)
Andy McPhee
Australia
Best movies:
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
Hello Herman (2012)