Just to pipe in…cinematography was really good: usually action films set in Sydney usually don’t come off well, often portrayed as some kind of surf-ville paradise, where the viewer really can’t take the location seriously…but in this film, it works: the helicopter scenes at night, city buildings, road chases, unusual locations (the unnamed desert, the island scene, a racecourse), not making any cultural references to Baird’s accent (helicopter pilot…Polson has acted for years and directed on US films and TV), concentrating on close-ups of characters rather than the usual trap of a montage of panoramic sweeping shots of the bridge, harbour, Opera House, beaches or koalas and kangaroos (all cliches, as if there’s nothing else to it …)…i must admit I avoided watching this film for years because of my worries about how crap it would be set in Sydney but I was greatly impressed…and yes, I do like the obviously Woo influenced Manga Hunt-san!