– Customer review on 08/02/2011

All of the first three Underbelly series at once – an injection as powerful as anything to come out of a Carl Williams pill press. What I find reassuring about each of these depictions of the major criminal networks that have operated in Australia in different cities and different periods, is that consistent demonstration of unbelievable ineptness displayed by the criminals. It is cartoon-like, and far from feeling that I live in a country where I need a bullet-proof vest to prevent me from an army of mobsters, I feel quite safe if a pie-eating Carl Williams and a sweating old Bob Trimbole are the scariest figures Australia’s criminal fraternity has thrown up. You can imagine how many wanna-be gangstas have tried to make a start in the selling of drugs or the popping of caps since these series began airing in 2008 though.