Crooked Business
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Crooked Business is a feature film by Chris Nyst
Chris Nyst
Chris Nyst in Blackall, Queensland, is an Australian solicitor and crime fiction writer.Chris Nyst is the founding principal of Nyst Lawyers...

, a successful criminal lawyer. It is a comedy of errors
Comedy of errors
A comedy of errors is a narrative work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone, in which the action usually features a series of comic instances of mistaken identity, and which typically culminates in a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.-Satire and farce:A slight variation of...

 set in Australia's
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

. It opened in Australia on 15 October 2008.

Synopsis

The movie stars small time hustler Elmo, and his best friend 'Stand-Up' Stevie, a used car dealer with questionable ethics. Stevie finds himself in trouble when he sells a counterfeit gold watch to biker Russian Tony. To buy his way out, Stevie agrees to do a job for local hood 'Bondi Bob' McLean. All he has to do is fly to Melbourne to pick up some stolen jewels in a briefcase.

When Stevie and Elmo arrive to collect the briefcase, a gunfight breaks out. The pair escape, but in the confusion, leave with the wrong briefcase - one belonging to Peter Cho, a Chinatown villain with a deadly reputation. Th briefcase contains a rare go-fast potion said to turn any average horse into a race winner. The only thing to do is trade off
Trade-off
A trade-off is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect...

 with Cho - how hard can it be?

Cast

  • Teo Gebert - Elmo
  • Anthony Wong
    Anthony Wong
    Anthony Wong is the name of:* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director.* Anthony Wong , a Hong Kong alternative singer, composer and producer.* Anthony Wong , an Australian actor....

     - Peter Cho
  • Firass Dirani
    Firass Dirani
    Firass Dirani is an Australian actor known for his roles of Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Ranger on Power Rangers Mystic Force, Charlie on the 2009 Australian film The Combination, and as John Ibrahim on the 2010 series Underbelly: The Golden Mile....

     - Stevie
  • Kelly Atkinson - Cher
  • Brad McMurray - Big Elvis
  • Christopher Naismith - Pierre
  • Chris Betts - Bondi Bob
  • Bertrand Doeuk - Wang
  • Anh Do
    Anh Do
    Anh Do is a Vietnamese Australian author, actor and stand-up comedian.He has appeared on many Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing With The Stars in 2007. He studied a combined Business Law degree at the University of Technology, Sydney...

    - Benny Wing
  • Jay Laga'aia - Pickaxe
  • Hugh Parker - London Mick
  • Scott Corfield - Maurice

Production

The movie was produced on a $1 million AU budget and shot entirely on location around Australia's Gold Coast, over five weeks of shooting. Many of the film's extras were friends and clients of Nyst's law firm, working as volunteers. Producer Scott Corfield said the lack of funds required calling in favours "from all over town".

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