A well-told brilliantly portrayed film. Chopper has a ferocity and a refusal to compromise or judge its central character which earns it the right not to be dismissed. For this reviewer it also has the power to never be forgotten. But the man at the centre of this cinematic hurricane is Eric Bana. Chopper is imaginative, vivid, earthy, exciting, droll, amusing, intelligent and original.
Chopper is graphic, profane, fascinating and funny in the sickest possible sense.
Eric Bana is mesmerising and unerringly convincing every unexpected sep of the way. Eric Bana is brilliant. This is an instant classic. It joins movies like Mad Max, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert and Strictly Ballroom as films that stand out from the landscape of Aussie film. The events in the film are based on reality, but most of it is an amalgamation - so you get the true 'flavour' of Chopper's life without the real details.