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The hope was there, but reality is a bit more Square

March 28th 2010 23:06

The Edgerton brothers have recently announced a film from down under they call The Square. Now, before anyone jumps into ideas about people from that side of the world and their attempts at cultural imperialism, just hear me out on this (well, technically you're reading this, but you get the idea.)

Our story starts out with a married man name Ray Yale (David Roberts). Unfortunately, Ray just isn't finding marriage to be quite like it used to, in fact he really doesn't truly love his wife anymore. This of course leads him straight down the road to adultery, with a woman named Carla (Claire Von der Boom) who also happens to be married. Well, she's married to a criminal, and because of her resentment of sharing a roof with an evil man she shows up to see Ray one day, holding a sack full of money, prepared with the ever common "How much do you love me..." line. Ray, feeling pressured to not lose Claire, whom he feels he really loves, decides to go along with it and start a new life with Claire.

Ray the desperate one

Claire the adultress

Of course, 'borrowing' all that money from Claire's criminal husband isn't quite as easy as an ATM, (though you don't need to print a receipt!) and Ray comes up with a scheme that involves a professional arsonist named Billy (Joel Edgerton.) Ray thinks that this way won't get his hands dirty, an expert will handle it, and it'll be good. Well Ray thought wrong. His plan backfires horribly, and he and Claire are almost exposed. Through some combination of luck and and more luck, No one uncovers them and they feel safe with the ill gotten gains.

Claire hiding from her Mafia husband

Sorry Ray, but stealing stolen money from a hardened criminal never worked out well for anyone except casinos, and given Ray's lack of proximity to Las Vegas, its safe to say he's in for it. In fact, he gets his very first blackmail note. Ray and Carla begin to find some severe problems in their lives as they are being hunted down by Claire's husband and the shady character who wrote the blackmail.

Also stars Anthony Hayes, Peter Phelps, Damon Herriman, Brendan Donoghue, and Lucy Bell.

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