A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing.
Is it worth your time? If you like your movies fast, black-and-white, and smelling faintly of damp pavement and desperation, yeah, give The Green Cockatoo a spin. It’s got that specific, scrappy energy of a film that knows it isn't going to win any awards but wants to keep you pinned to the screen anyway. People who ne...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like your movies fast, black-and-white, and smelling faintly of damp pavement and desperation, yeah, give The Green Cockatoo a spin. It’s got that specific, scrappy energy of a film that knows it isn't going to win any awards but wants to keep you pinned to the screen anyway. People who need a tightly coiled, logical script might want to skip this one. It moves fast, sometimes so fast it forgets to explain why anyone is doing anything. But if you’re into atmosphere ..."
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