As my family knew the Kelly's (mainly Dan) I can say that this is far from the truth. Good style and well acted but the story is absolute trash. They were bushrangers.The Kelly gang never wore dresses, that's not scary or surprising as the movie says, the British would have just shot them and laughed more at seeing blokes in dresses. Ned never kissed teachers or spooned Joe in a tent, the last stand was at the Glenrowan Pub with the towns people that were celebrating with the Kelly gang. I've been to Glenrowan, the pub and the train tracks, and seen photos from back then and this movie isn't close. Even small things like giving Ned a mullet is wrong, the guy never looked like that. Looks like they went to the trouble of shooting this at the Melbourne Gaol but they didn't use the place where Ned was actually hung. Not sure why this movie was made when the TRUE STORY is so much better and more interesting. Not sure what the hell Hollywood is doing with history but I'm glad Ned isn't alive to see this crap.
Shout by Trix256BlockedParent2021-11-22T20:19:32Z
As my family knew the Kelly's (mainly Dan) I can say that this is far from the truth. Good style and well acted but the story is absolute trash. They were bushrangers.The Kelly gang never wore dresses, that's not scary or surprising as the movie says, the British would have just shot them and laughed more at seeing blokes in dresses. Ned never kissed teachers or spooned Joe in a tent, the last stand was at the Glenrowan Pub with the towns people that were celebrating with the Kelly gang. I've been to Glenrowan, the pub and the train tracks, and seen photos from back then and this movie isn't close. Even small things like giving Ned a mullet is wrong, the guy never looked like that. Looks like they went to the trouble of shooting this at the Melbourne Gaol but they didn't use the place where Ned was actually hung.
Not sure why this movie was made when the TRUE STORY is so much better and more interesting. Not sure what the hell Hollywood is doing with history but I'm glad Ned isn't alive to see this crap.