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[[File:The-Straits-Firass-Dirani_Smaller_6619.jpg|frame|[[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|Gary Montebello is about to shoot you]].]]
''[[The Straits]]'' is a ground
▲''The Straits'' is a ground breaking Australian crime drama in terms of its rare setting and (specific) concept - the deadly smuggling trade between northern Australia and [[Useful Notes/Papua New Guinea|Papua New Guinea]]. It explores how the business of the modern, Western crime syndicates effects those around them - from the city-slickers in Cairns, to the traditional Torres Strait Islands, to the tribes people in the developing nation of PNG.
The series covers the Montebello crime family's struggle for power - both against other crime entrepreneurs, and amongst themselves. It begins with the head of the family, Harry Montebello, allowing his three sons to compete to succeed him as head of his business. It is character driven and extremely well written, and features an exceedingly rare setting worth a look for its [[Scenery Porn|beauty]] as well as its novelty.
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* [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]] - The main Australian criminal franchise that supplies drugs to the Montebellos.
* [[Anyone Can Die]] {{spoiler|- even Harry.}}
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* [[Black Humour]] - Pretty much the only kind this series had, although while understated, it is certainly effective.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]] - The other kind.
* [[Crime
* [[Very Loosely Based
* [[The Don]] - Harry Montebello
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] - Harry is AOK at drug-dealing and creative murder, but draws the line at arranged marriage for his daughter, and dealing in sex-slaves.
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* [[Family Values Villain]] - Again, Harry has these tendencies.
* [[Generic Ethnic Crime Gang]] - Torres Strait Islander family crime syndicate (although Harry is Maltese-British-Australian, his wife and children (all adopted) are of the same ethnicity).
* [[Hair
* [[Pet the Dog]] - Harry really genuinely cares about his daughter, which makes him seem less of a bastard. He also really cares about his actual little dog.
* [[Precision F
* [[Scenery Porn]] - The Torres Strait, as depicted on the show, is beautiful (if dangerous), which can be seen clearly [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=881cTdf-ll8 in the opener.]
* [[Surrounded
* [[The Triads and
* [[Villain Protagonist]] - Harry is a cold-blooded killer with vague similarities to a Bond Villain. He's basically the main character. {{spoiler|Until he dies.}}
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