Directed by:
Jeffrey WalkerScreenplay:
Matt CameronComposer:
Harry James AngusCast:
Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Vadim Glowna, Lachy Hulme, Rhys Muldoon, Martin Sacks, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson, Damien Garvey, Don Hany (more)Plots(1)
Life's gone pear-shaped for Jack Irish (Guy Pearce). He's back to takeaway Vietnamese for one after his girlfriend Linda (Marta Dusseldorp) abandoned him for a career in Sydney, a flashy Brisvegas type is muscling in on the racetrack action, and his cabinet-making still leaves a lot to be desired. So when an old teammate of his dad's turns up looking for help, it's a welcome distraction for Jack. Des Connors' (Ron Jacobson) son Gary (Nicholas Coghlan) has gone missing, having nicked off with all Des's money. But sometimes prodigal sons go AWOL for a reason. As Jack begins to dig he discovers Gary was a man with something to hide and a very good reason to disappear – or be disappeared.
Finding Gary turns nasty when Jack pushes the wrong buttons at the headquarters of a national transport company owned by one of Australia's wealthiest men. Suddenly there is a disturbing number of faceless people in ill-fitting suits taking an interest in Jack's quest including Dave (Don Hany) – an obsessive federal agent and head of a clandestine operation called Black Tide. Meantime, Ricky Kirsch (Neil Melville), a Brisvegas former horse trainer, is moving in on the turf of Harry Strang (Roy Billing), Jack's friend and sometime employer. Ricky fixes races and hits on a dead man's wife at the funeral, but when he starts killing jockeys he crosses a line. The body count in Gary's case is rising at an alarming rate. A missing webcaster, two overripe corpses in a long-term carpark and a dead Fed who has turned to consommé in a water tank all point to one thing – Jack is in way over his head. It turns out Gary is a witness who could bring down a business empire and more. The race to find him becomes a lethal sprint. First prize – staying alive. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
(more)Cast
Guy Pearce
UK
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Memento (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Marta Dusseldorp
Australia
Best movies:
Paradise Road (1997)
The Railway Man (2013)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Aaron Pedersen
Australia
Best movies:
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014) (TV movie)
Mystery Road (2013)
Vadim Glowna
German Empire
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
No Place to Go (2000)
Cross of Iron (1977)
Lachy Hulme
Australia
Best movies:
The Little Death (2014)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Rhys Muldoon
Australia
Best movies:
Childhood's End (2015) (series)
The Sapphires (2012)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Martin Sacks
Australia
Best movies:
Truth (2015)
Don't Tell (2017)
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) (TV movie)
Roy Billing
New Zealand
Best movies:
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011) (TV movie)
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Shane Jacobson
Australia
Best movies:
The Dressmaker (2015)
Kenny (2006)
Charlie & Boots (2009)
Damien Garvey
Best movies:
Love and Monsters (2020)
Answered by Fire (2006) (TV movie)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Don Hany
Australia
Best movies:
Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here (2011) (TV movie)
Lucky Miles (2007)
Healing (2014)
Terry Norris
Australia
Best movies:
The Dressmaker (2015)
Romulus, My Father (2007)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Damien Richardson
Best movies:
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) (TV movie)
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014) (TV movie)
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) (TV movie)
Nicholas Coghlan
Best movies:
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) (TV movie)
Feed (2005)
Eddie Baroo
Australia
Best movies:
Australia (2008)
The Dry (2020)
Son of a Gun (2014)
Alexandra Schepisi
Best movies:
Lion (2016)
The Boys Are Back (2009)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Bob Franklin
Best movies:
Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) (TV movie)
Brendan Rock
Best movies:
Storm Boy (2019)
Deadline Gallipoli (2015) (series)
Snowtown (2011)
Damian de Montemas
Best movies:
The Protector (2005)
Somersault (2004)
Sequin in a Blue Room (2019)
Heidi Valkenburg
Best movies:
Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here (2011) (TV movie)
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012) (TV movie)
I Love You Too (2010)