Film Review - Spit (2025)

Spit is the sequel to the 2003 film Gettin Square and David Wenham returns as John Frances Spiteri (or Spit for short) who returns to Australia only to be locked up in immigration detention and mob boss Charles “Chicka” Martin (Gary Sweet) is none too happy he is back.

Spit is good fun mainly due to David Wenham’s funny performance in the title role, I hadn’t seen the previous film Gettin Square but you don’t really have to as this movie stands enough on its own while also giving you enough information to keep up and Wenham commits to the title role very well and delivers a lot of good laughs.

Also good is Gary Sweet as the mob boss and David Field as the detective who fears that Spit will take him down with Chicka if he spills the beans, I also liked Pallavi Sharda as Aria Sahni Spit’s lawyer who tries to help him get out of trouble.

As for the humour itself, it did make me laugh quite a bit throughout the film which is more than I can say for most comedies or attempts at humour I’ve seen in movies nowadays.

And so that was Spit and its good fun with a funny lead performance by David Wenham, 3 out of 5.