Hugo Weaving's character
So, was he a corrupt cop who came good at the end or was he always a clean cop who simply convinced the bad guys that he was corrupt to gain their trust?
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MovieChat Forums > Mystery Road (2013) Discussion > Hugo Weaving's character
There were a lot of things in this film that were left unsaid, I think because we're seeing things from Jay's perspective we know as much as he did at that point, and he seemed surprised to see him on his side. He certainly thought Weaving's character was corrupt and like us Jay can only speculate on his motives at the end. Whether Weaving's character had a change of heart or was actually a good cop, at the end he came good. Jay would certainly have got himself killed otherwise. I don't think we'll know more than that.
shareHe was always a good cop, he was just keeping things from Jay and measuring him up before letting him in on the truth.
shareJohnno was a clean cop who was sent in to investigate the drug trade and Robbo- Robert Mammone's character- specifically by pretending to be crook. Robbo is a long-time local cop; Johnno has been sent there. The sergeant says that Johnno has been sent there because he wasn't wanted in the North, remember, but that is a cover to help him infiltrate the drugs gang.
Jay has volunteered to go back to the town, which means he may be a good cop who wants to help his daughter and his community or he may be bent and want to get in on the drug trade. That's why the sergeant and Johnno are leery of him. When Johnno refers to killing a man by accident he's talking about Constable Rogers who trusted him and died as a result. Perhaps Johnno could have saved him by blowing his cover. The reason Rogers' death was investigated by "guys from the North" was to keep exactly what happened quiet until Johnno had done his job.
Thanks, AllenRogerJ, that makes a lot of sense the way you explain it. I was confused on this point while watching the movie.
shareSame here, loved the movie, but you've really tied up the loose ends, for me at least. Thanks!
Right. Well, I have to-- I have to go now, Duane, because I, I'm due back on the planet Earth.
My own guess is that Mystery Road was written or planned as a T.V. series that wasn't made and only parts of the script used in the film. If so, there was probably no central character and everyone was much more ambiguous in the early parts and their positions only slowly emerged.
shareI watched Mystery Road on BBC iPlayer (catch-up service) and initially thought this the first episode of a series. The pacing certainly seems to suit a series rather than a film, the ending feels a bit rushed in order to resolve the mystery and leaves a lot of material relatively unexplored. However I realized it was a film when I noticed the production values were so high.
It would have made an awesome series. I've been looking for a decent detective series as I've exhausted the good UK and US ones.
Just watched it on i-player too. Nearly two year's later. The BBC must like it.
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