Three Kiwi blokes, one deadly pool tournament, and a crime boss named Daddy. What could go wrong?
Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of debt, Dave gets the Stickmen entered into a high stakes pool tournament run by vicious crime boss "Daddy". He also gets them into a whole rack of trouble.
Acting
Robbie Magasiva's magnetic loose-cannon energy
Direction
Rothwell's kinetic pool sequences on micro-budget
Writing
Sharp Kiwi banter that lands every time
Director
Hamish Rothwell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Wellington pubs with actual pool hustlers as extras; Robbie Magasiva practiced 8 hours daily for three months.
One of the few NZ films to genuinely capture working-class Pākehā/Māori friendship without romanticizing poverty or violence.
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