Special Delivery: Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson's The Mule

Instead of a downtrodden victim dogged by goons and government officials, in The Mule we see a drug smuggler with the guts to 'hold on' and extract himself from his sticky situation. According to Dave Crewe, the film also reveals some clever cross-genre writing, a commentary on Australian inertia and a keen ability to capitalise on new film-distribution opportunities.

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