Treating Chopper as an exhibit ... A stand-up Oz comic, Eric Bana, fluently adapts his own club act to the menacing tempo of Read's neurosis. After the home-grown butchery we've endured this ...

Mark 'Chopper' Read, who earned his sobriquet by hacking off his victims' toes. A Number One nutcase, he's portrayed in a tremendous performance by Eric Bana, from neglected Aussie comedy The Castle.