This is a great film! Here's a plot synopsis (not written by me):
"If nothing else, the Australian film industry can be credited with having failed to grow as stagnant and stale as the Hollywood system, in spite of producing its own fair share of stinkers. The Interview is an interesting, competently-executed police drama with enough fine acting to save it from a lack of any credible action. It is worth watching just to see that Michael Caton of The Castle fame really can act in spite of having been severely typecast over the previous decade. However, the real meat in this sandwich is the three-way acting duel between Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, and Aaron Jeffrey, all of whom leave me in a state of wonder as to why they aren't appearing in more films for bigger salaries.
*** The film begins in the apartment of one Eddie Rodney Fleming (Hugo Weaving), a seemingly harmless man who was retrenched before the time the film is set in, and is struggling to make ends meet. Nobody is more surprised than he is when the police come barging into his home and take him down to the local station for questioning. The questioning process is entrusted to Detective Sergeant John Steele (Tony Martin) and Detective Senior Constable Wayne Prior (Aaron Jeffery), who use the old good-cop-bad-cop routine in an effort to shake information out of Eddie. Their boss, Detective Inspector Jackson (Paul Sonkkila), is anxious to see this case wrapped up because it has been an embarrassing mystery for some time. What little evidence they do have points to Eddie having stolen a car that was owned by a man called Beecroft (Doug Dew), who now happens to be missing. Beecroft's wife (Libby Stone) can't identify any of the items that were found in Eddie's apartment as having been stolen from him, and Eddie soon requests that a solicitor (Leverne McDonnell) be provided for him. Meanwhile, local reporter Barry Walls (Michael Caton) shows up to question and annoy the two detectives as to whether they're questioning the right man.
*** Things become complicated when Detective Prior drops the wrong words to Barry, creating a rift between him and Detective Steele, and then Eddie begins confessing to crimes that he may or may not have committed. Then the standard Internal Affairs detectives come in and raise questions about the manner in which the two detectives conducted the whole interview in the first place. When Detective Jackson attempts to salvage the whole interview from enquiries about police corruption, Eddie sees his chance to get out of the interview room and put egg on the faces of the detectives at the same time."
Hope that helps a bit
