History Film / TwoHands

''Two Hands'' (1999) is an Australian crime film starring Creator/HeathLedger, Bryan Brown and Creator/RoseByrne and directed by Gregor Jordan. It was praised by critics for its humour and the performances of Brown and the then relatively unknown Ledger and Byrne. It cemented Ledger's status as a star in his own country after his introduction to American audiences in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.

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* YouHaveFailedMe

* GuiltByCoincidence: A variation in which Pando is the authority. When he sees [[spoiler:a drawing of his on one of the notes of the $10,000 Jimmy gives him at the end]], he thinks Jimmy [[spoiler:absconded with the money after all and then changed his mind. He has about two seconds to ponder this before one of the kids who actually took the money guns down him and his men]].

Two Hands (1999) is an Australian crime film starring Creator/HeathLedger, Bryan Brown and Creator/RoseByrne and directed by Gregor Jordan. It was praised by critics for its humour and the performances of Brown and the then relatively unknown Ledger and Byrne. It cemented Ledger's status as a star in his own country after his introduction to American audiences in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.

* YouHaveFailedMe

Two Hands (1999) is an Australian crime film starring Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown and Rose Byrne and directed by Gregor Jordan. It was praised by critics for its humour and the performances of Brown and the then relatively unknown Ledger and Byrne. It cemented Ledger's status as a star in his own country after his introduction to American audiences in ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.

* TheCrimeJob

Jimmy is a young man working as a bouncer in the red light district of King's Cross, Sydney. When gangster Pando gives him a chance to earn some extra money, Jimmy takes him up on the offer. Pando instructs Jimmy to deliver $10,000 to a woman in Bondi, but Jimmy loses the money before he is able to complete the task. Rightfully fearing Pando's wrath, Jimmy hatches a plan to rob a bank in order to pay him back.

* Berserk Button: For Pando, failure of any kind. For Jimmy, don't make light of his brother's death and especially don't [[spoiler:tell him you and your mates were the ones who killed him]].

Two Hands (1999) is an Australian crime film starring Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown and Rose Byrne and directed by Gregor Jordan. It was praised by critics for its humour and the performances of Brown and the then relatively unknown Ledger and Byrne. It cemented Ledger's status as a star in his own country after his introduction to American audiences in ''TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.

* HowWeGotHere / InMediasRes: The film starts the middle of the story. It's night in the middle of nowhere, and Pando is about to kill Jimmy.

* InMediasRes: The film starts the middle of the story. It's night in the middle of nowhere, and Pando's mooks are about to kill Jimmy.

* ChekhovsGun: A thug's gun fails to go off halfway through the film because he put it through the wash. Later on it fails on him again at an even more inopportune moment.

* PosthumousNarration: Jimmy's brother rises from the earth to deliver a monologue early in the film.

* InMediasRes: After an introduction from Jimmy's dead brother, the film jumps to the middle of the story. It's night in the middle of nowhere, and Pando's mooks are about to kill Jimmy.
* PosthumousNarration: Jimmy's brother rises from the earth to introduce the story.

* InMediaRes: After an introduction from Jimmy's dead brother, the film jumps to the middle of the story. It's night in the middle of nowhere, and Pando's mooks are about to kill Jimmy.

* HarsherInHindsight: The chorus of "These Days" by Powderfinger, featured in the film and on its soundtrack, inevitably brings to mind the late Heath Ledger: "Control, well it's slipping right through my hands/these days turned out nothing like I had planned". Powderfinger performed the song at a service for Ledger.

* AffablyEvil.