Salt
dir. Phillip Noyce (2010)
Angelina Jolie handles the lead role with more aplomb than is evident in analogous male characters of the political action thriller genre. The laws of physics still buckle but the direction is tight and the indestructible hero paradigm shifts slightly towards quick-wittedness.
Blind Fury
dir. Phillip Noyce (1989)
A quintessentially 1980s Americanisation of the blind swordsman storyline oft-used and beloved of Japanese cinema. Rutger Hauer brings a certain quality to the lead role and — with precious little help! — just about carries the uneasy mix of action, drama and (occasional) humour.
Newsfront
dir. Phillip Noyce (1978)
The tagline suggests humour but this sombre, almost melancholic biopic of (archetypal) newsreel cameramen working in Australia during World War II and the decade subsequent, bolstered by archival footage, serves more as a time capsule of life in a young, not-so-modern country.