Crooked Business
Crooked Business is a feature film by Chris Nyst, a criminal lawyer. It is a comedy of errors set in Australia's Gold Coast. It opened in Australia on 15 October 2008.
Plot
The movie stars small-time hustler Elmo, and his best friend 'Stand-Up' Stevie, a used car dealer with questionable ethics. Stevie finds himself in trouble when he sells a counterfeit gold watch to biker Russian Tony. To buy his way out, Stevie agrees to do a job for local hood 'Bondi Bob' McLean. All he has to do is fly to Melbourne to pick up some stolen jewels in a briefcase.When Stevie and Elmo arrive to collect the briefcase, a gunfight breaks out. The pair escape, but in the confusion, leave with the wrong briefcase - one belonging to Peter Cho, a Chinatown villain with a deadly reputation. The briefcase contains a rare go-fast potion said to turn any average horse into a race winner. The only thing to do is trade off with Cho.
Cast
- Teo Gebert - Elmo
- Anthony Wong - Peter Cho
- Firass Dirani - Stevie
- Kelly Atkinson - Cher
- Brad McMurray - Big Elvis
- Christopher Naismith - Pierre
- Chris Betts - Bondi Bob
- Bertrand Doeuk - Wang
- Anh Do - Benny Wing
- Jay Laga'aia - Pickaxe
- Hugh Parker - London Mick
- Scott Corfield - Maurice