Australian movie industry

First, I watched THE CLINIC and can subjectively say that out of four stars I give it, two stars, which traditionally means either, 'fair', or, 'worth a look'. The graphic nudity at the beginning and some of the more graphic stomach incision wound scenes would have to be concealed, or toned down some in order to be played on cable television, say, the Sy Fy Channel. There was an odd allusion at the beginning to an American urban legend about abducted victims awaking into a bathtub filled with ice after a black-market operation in which 'something' was removed from the victim's body. That really wasn't relevant or necessary, in my opinion to the movie's plot. The Australian beautiful victim could have still awoken nude on a bed, not in a ice-filled bathtub.

THE CLINIC showed me two things about the domestic Australian film industry.

1) The Australians have learned well from America's Hollywood and their films show good production qualities and values. The technical skill, drama, dialogue, etc., are all there.

2) The Australians have reminded us Americans that it is possible to produce a decent thriller mystery film with very good production values for an economical budget. Economical budget does not mean, cheap, or mediocre production values. Americans have slowly evolved to the bloated over-budget movie in order to produce a good movie. THE CLINIC once again proves that a studio can produce a relatively interesting film that doesn't require spectacularly expensive sets, special effects, CGI, et al. Just use skillfully what you have on hand. The Americans demonstrated this skill back in the early 70s during the Golden Age of the made-for-television movies.