Review of Blackrock

i watched blackrock so i wii attempt a review. blackrock, a town in australia was the setting--the young people there surf in the ocean as a daily pastime. heath ledger who has the small role of Toby, could be seen in the ocean on a surfboard in the opening scenes. presently the local teenagers are attending a loud and raucious party near the beach. there is dancing and drinking and much loud talk and laughter. toby can be seen dancing with the others. before long he and a young girl leave the party and head out to the dark beach where there are many large rocks. we see that they start having sex near one of the rocks. soon three other boys appear and immediately intrude on toby and the girl in a shocking scene of gang rape. toby is unable to prevent it but does nothing for the girl when it is over. she is shown getting up off the sand and trying to smooth her clothing. the young man whose party it was had left the party, and was up on the rocks while this whole thing took place. he was so overwhelmed, because these boys were 'his mates' and later said 'a guys mates are all he has'.--the next morning the girl's best friend finds her beaten to death on the beach. okay that is the set up--the rest of the movie shows how everyone reacts. there is much emotional turmoil and screaming and destruction by characters who are too emotionally immature to stop themselves. another plot point involves the mother of the boy whose party it was. she had discovered a malignant lump in her breast, and wasn't able to tell anyone before she went in hospital. the movie is engrossing and i do highly recommend it. don't watch it expecting to see a memorable heath ledger film, but watch it expecting to see a memorable australian film--the end