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The Emu War

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Lewd, crude and very very silly--The Emu War is a completely over the top reimagining of a real 1932 military operation, wherein the army attempted to cull the wheat-crop-eating western emu population with heavy artillery, and lost. In this (extremely loose) version Major Meredith (Damian Callinan), whose son was kidnapped by the Emus, leads a motley crew of soldiers behind Emu enemy lines to find and destroy the Emu Queen. Cue explosions, puppets, mind-boggling effects and a surprising amount of explicit romance.

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Luke Buckmaster Guardian 06/21/2024
3/5
While I doubt anybody will be watching The Emu War and splitting their sides, it’s sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, and maintains an enjoyably squirrelly momentum. Go to Full Review Jim Schembri jimschembri.com 10/21/2024
0/5
Comprehensively dreadful...Vulgarity for the sake of comedy is a noble enterprise. Vulgarity for its own sake is not only unfunny, it’s boring...Why is the Australian film industry still capable of making movies this bad? Go to Full Review Anthony Morris ScreenHub 06/23/2024
3.5/5
At times this is an epic tale of betrayal, tragedy, and ludicrous historical inaccuracies. At other times, the ghost of someone who’s just been killed starts having sex with his own corpse. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kathy H @Sushisnake Aug 17 Vulgar, crass and very, very stupid. Still, it passed the time, I laughed out loud a couple of times and I did enjoy the emus. See more Chris B @Chris1010 Jan 4 Completely unwatchable - couldn’t make it past 15 minutes. MIGHT have been funny as a 5 minutes comedy sketch. See more Kaylene J @Klene Jan 4 What can I say... wasted a Sunday night watching this. I know us Aussies have a great sense of humour, but this is absolutely ridiculous. See more Richard C @AussieMan Jan 4 As a tipsy and proud Australian. I appreciate the humour in our history. This movie may be cheap but had me in stitches 🤣 would 100 percent recommend. See more conrad s @EmuGuy Dec 19 Absolute peak aussie fiction. Made an account just to rate this absolute gem. The writers must have been on something very strong when making this. 10/10 emu sex would watch again 🐤 See more Donna H @RT08932147 Nov 14 Definitely a movie to watch while high /drunk or both. It's so bad it's good. I'm sure the writers were also high and drunk while writing this movie. It's a total piss take. See more Read all reviews
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John Campbell

Director

Lisa Fineberg

Director

Jay Morrissey

Director

Damian Callinan

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Lisa Fineberg

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Aaron Gocs

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The Emu War

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Synopsis Lewd, crude and very very silly--The Emu War is a completely over the top reimagining of a real 1932 military operation, wherein the army attempted to cull the wheat-crop-eating western emu population with heavy artillery, and lost. In this (extremely loose) version Major Meredith (Damian Callinan), whose son was kidnapped by the Emus, leads a motley crew of soldiers behind Emu enemy lines to find and destroy the Emu Queen. Cue explosions, puppets, mind-boggling effects and a surprising amount of explicit romance.
Director
John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey
Producer
John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey
Screenwriter
John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey, Jonathan Schuster, Dane Simpson, Urvi Majumdar
Production Co
Hot Dad Productions
Genre
Action, Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 15m
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