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Synopsis

A road movie with a heart of gold, Mark II is "the Polynesian Easy Rider". Three teens (Nicholas Rogers, Mitchell Manuel, Faifua Amiga) head south from Auckland in a two-tone Mark II Zephyr, two of them blissfully unaware they're being pursued by a van-load of vengeful thugs. Along the way, they encounter the Mongrel Mob, who turn out to be quite helpful, and experience love, prejudice and jealousy from strangers. Written by Mike Walker and Manuel, it was TVNZ's first telefeature and is the third film in a loose trilogy (following Kingi's Story and Kingpin).

Background

Notes on Mark II by Mitchell Manuel 23.06.2010

Mark II follows the adventures of three teenage youths who go on the road and travel around the North Island in a classic Mark II Zephyr.

As John Paga put it in his Auckland Star review: "a young Māori chucks in his job ...

Credits (17)

John Anderson
Director

Dan McKirdy
Producer

Mitchell Manuel
Writer, Actor

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Comments (9)

Lome

Posted at 09.53AM - 14.02.2012

I gave her one of my sexy looks . hahaha best line ever my nana use to make us watch this . its the first time a knew of the mob . mean one bro's

james lyden

Posted at 10.32PM - 03.10.2011

mark 2 a primo movie i havent seen it for years till today.thanks for posting it.i just finished watching kingpin that a primo movie too.the sayings are classic

Ben Tumunu

Posted at 09.06PM - 14.08.2011

This movie brings back memories of my childhood.We watched this over and over again until we knew the words to every scene, even to this day I can recall most of it.

Brenda Leeuwenberg

Posted at 10.46PM - 10.05.2011

Hi Josie
You can watch both of those films in full on this site (for free), but if you want to buy them you can find them here: http://www.filmshop.co.nz/ to order on DVD.

Josie

Posted at 10.41PM - 10.05.2011

Hi there,

I was wondering where i can get a copy of mark 2 and king pin.
I have been looking for these 2 movines for ages.

Please HELP!!!

thnx

Mitchell Manuel

Posted at 09.56PM - 30.04.2011

I wrote a sequel called BURN which requires further development. Hoping to make it some day.,,thanks for the comments Michael would be proud.

Traci Gibson

Posted at 11.05PM - 20.02.2011

One of my favourite movies of all time. A brilliant NZ film. Brings back lots of memories from when I first watched it in 1987! All three lead actors played great parts, but I thought Nicholas Rogers played an awesome part as Eddie.

JOanne Bown

Posted at 06.31PM - 28.07.2010

best movie i reckon....thanks!!

Anna Sutton

Posted at 02.09AM - 29.06.2010

Thanks for posting this great film. I watched this years ago as a youngster and haven't seen it since. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it again. I think it was even better! It makes you wonder why we haven't produced more and more works like this over the years for TV? More please.

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Quotes

Mike Walker's telemovie is no Polynesian Goodbye Pork Pie. Pork Pie was a fantasy trip. This is the rollicking real thing. [...] Where I was watching, young teenagers were too absorbed in Mark II to go out and light their fireworks [Mark II screened on TV2 on 05 November]. For them all the sparks were on TV.

– John Paga, Auckland Star, 06 November 1986

Mark II is a testament to his [director John Anderson] belief that the best television drama in New Zealand will come only from our roots, not from transplants from America, Britain or Australia.

– Barry Shaw, NZ Herald, 06 November 1986

Awards

1987 Gofta Awards
Best Single Television Drama
Best Male Actor in a Television Drama (Mitchell Manuel)

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