Underbelly Files: Chopper (2018)

Directed by

Peter Andrikidis

Genre

drama television series

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

MA15+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This two-part mini-series tells the true story of Mark Chopper Read, a violent Melbourne criminal. It follows his life as a standover man and his later career as an author.

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What happens

Underbelly Files: Chopper is an Australian 2-part mini-series that screened on the Nine Network, premiering on 11 February 2018 and concluding the next day. It is part of the Underbelly franchise and continues the Underbelly Files spin-off tele-movies. It was preceded by Tell Them Lucifer was Here, Infiltration, and The Man Who Got Away. Underbelly Files: Chopper recounts the true story of Australian criminal and author Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Melbourne standover man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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