The Grasscutter

The Grasscutter is a 1988 film directed by Ian Mune and written by Roy Mitchell.

Cast

Terence Cooper as Jack Macready
Martin Maguire as Billy
Ian McElhinney as Brian Devlin
Marshall Napier as Det. Inspector Cross
Joel Tobeck as Thin Victim
Temuera Morrison as Det. Sergeant Harris
Frances Barber as Claire Deeds
Ken Blackburn as Inspector Lerwick

Synopsis

A landscape architect living in New Zealand finds that his past catches up with him. Ulster Volunteer Force loyalists from Northern Ireland have discovered the new identity he was given after becoming a "supergrass" and come after him, drastically increasing New Zealand's violent crime rate in the process.

Production

It was shot in the south of New Zealand, in Dunedin and Queenstown.