Cut Snake

Cut Snake

You can hide your past. You can never escape it.

Directed by Tony Ayres

Produced by Matchbox Pictures, Retro Active Films

201594 min6.3 / 10

A tense 1970s Australian crime drama about an ex-con trying to escape his past through a new life and love, only to be pulled back into danger by an old connection.

Set in Melbourne in the mid-1970s is the story of Sparra Farrell, a very private man in his twenties who is trying to make a life for himself in a new city. He has found honest work and becomes engaged to the beautiful Paula. But the prospect of his new life is challenged when the charismatic Pommie tracks him down. Sparra finds himself drawn back into a world that he thought he had left behind.

Questions people ask

  • Is Cut Snake scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is Cut Snake sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does Cut Snake end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Cut Snake violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Cut Snake easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

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Rarity56

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Surprise32

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Like Cut Snake, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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