> Romper-Stomper was pretty gritty, though, although perhaps a leedle less generic.

Spot on.

One of the things I noted about OWW (what an apt acronym!!) was that New Zealand and South Auckland were never mentioned in the movie. Of course the localities were taken for granted by all Ozzildians, received at a subliminal level, but I'll bet that a few members of overseas audiences were unsure where the film was shot. Some probably thought it was Hawaii, Fiji or maybe even the Caribbean. This ploy enables the story and the message of the film to apply to life in any ghetto of the world.

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