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So he was, as was the real Mark "Chopper" Read, in real life, basically a modern day Aussie "Robin Hood"?


Did he only or even mostly hurt and kill criminals or have any innocent people been victims from him including murder, anyone know, thanks.

P.S. What was his ultimate fate though and has he been released from prison? How is life treating him as well as the society around him, cheers.

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probly yer average over glamourised gangster who'se actually just a thug

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No, he is a psychopathic murderer. Look at the way he kills that guy in the prison, there's nothing Robin Hood or noble about that, to slit his throat and then watch him bleed out.

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So he killed and hurt those who totally didn't deserve it as well, correct?

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Did you watch the movie? Not that the movie is entirely accurate ( I don't know actually), but in the movie he's always telling a story to the cops, while the actual event is portrayed behind it. What I mean is, he's saying one thing to the police, while there's a vignette of the crime which shows what actually happened and it doesn't match his story. But the cops can't prove against his version of events.

The film is portraying Mark Chopper Read as a lying psychopathic killer, although with a bit of revenge fantasy added to it. Like he's killing drug dealers and drug addict friends that do him wrong for instance. He's not some family man that was wrongfully accused like The Fugitive or something. He lived in an underworld of crime.

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