The Official Chopper Read Thread

[Robstar]

Since we went off topic on another thread, I am going to dedicate this thread to the legendary Aussie crim, Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read.

[Robstar]

Chopper -


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Chopper -


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Lol, just found that one, couldn't resist

Damn....a tatted guy with guns throwing up an "X".

My first thought(don't blame me! I am from LA!) he looks like a gang member.

That top pic was from the mid-70's. He was a toecutter, so he worked solo pretty much. Lol, he got caught a lot though. If you haven't seen the movie, check it out - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221073/ The guy really did cut off his ears to get moved in jail!

I should mention he has given up crime and now does do spoken word tours and has written several books - some stories true, some patently untrue and some he's taken from other crims and applied to himself. But as the man himself says, 'never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn(story)'

[Robstar]

NOT Chopper -


The REAL Chopper Read -


Eric Bana as Chopper -

[Iron Ape]

I didn't know much of anything before I saw the movie, but I thought Bana was pretty incredible in it.

[Robstar]

I didn't know much of anything before I saw the movie, but I thought Bana was pretty incredible in it.

Yeah he's a bomb actor. Funny thing is, here in Aus, he started as a comedy actor. You should see The Castle - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118826/ and I thought he was great in Star Trek, but have to admit, I watched that poor excuse for a movie Troy last night and he's not too flash in it. The whole movie is an overblown bag of pus. In my opinion, lol

[Iron Ape]

Yeah he's a bomb actor. Funny thing is, here in Aus, he started as a comedy actor. You should see The Castle - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118826/ and I thought he was great in Star Trek, but have to admit, I watched that poor excuse for a movie Troy last night and he's not too flash in it. The whole movie is an overblown bag of pus. In my opinion, lol

Yeah, I knew he came from a comedy background, but the only comedy that I've seen him in was Funny People, and his character in that was kind of tied in with the more dramatic second half of the movie. I just added The Castle to my Netflix que, so I'll check it out as soon as it becomes available.

You're dead on about Troy being pretty much rubbish, and I dug him in Star Trek, too. I really liked him in Munich, though; that's a severely underrated flick.

[Kashdinero]

Mate, this thread is soooo gonna get a five star rating!

Have you ever heard of this guy , he is a friend of my father's.

He was an amateur/underground boxer/gangster, that tore through his opponents like the Nasty Bully most of his type are. He finally met his match in a younger, bigger & nastier (in the ring at least) Lenny McLean They had three fights and Lenny won the last two, although I don't think Lenny got his money for the last one, due to the fact that it was waiting outside for him, so to speak!
Although has passed on now, you may remember Lenny for his role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, by Guy Ritchie.

Back to Chopper, how many movies have there been about him? I saw one ages ago and loved it, the guy seemed to be completely off his trolley! His description of chopping off toes was simultaneously Cringing, Shocking and Funny!

[Iron Ape]

As far as fantastic movies about completely bonkers, real life bad-asses go, I'm going to throw this into the mix:



He was pretty much the nastiest dude to ever set foot inside a U.K. prison, but he was quite the fascinating individual. And Tom Hardy's performance in it might even edge out Bana's turn as Chopper, though it's pretty damn close.

[Robstar]

Only one Chopper movie and I think Bana played it pretty close to the bone. Who was Lenny in Lock, Stock...?

Hey check these out, this newsreader is totally blowing this out of proportion - 'a WOMAN(!) faced him down in his 'hideout in an island off Australia'(Tasmania, which isn't just some island, it's a state, never a secret). The incident they refer to is retold in a different way in the movie, when Chopper shoots somebody and drives him to the hospital afterwards. It was never proven.




Fucking classic stuff