America had Al Capone; England, the Kray brothers and Australia – proving once and for all its antipodean sense of humour – has Mark ‘Chopper’ Read. Chopper tells the intense story of a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a murder sentence in prison. His book, From the Inside, upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

...a disturbing, intense and surreal character study, about one of Australia’s most notorious living criminals. MEGAN SPENCER, TRIPLE J