The Combination is a 2009 Australian drama film, directed by David Field and written by George Basha.

John also meets and begins a relationship with Sydney, an Anglo Australian after saving her from being assaulted by two men.

John soon finds that his younger brother, Charlie, has been involved in fights between his Lebanese friends and the white students at school.

Charlie ignores John's warnings and with his friend Zeus start selling methamphetamines for Ibo, the local drug kingpin.

Not long after that, another one of Charlie's friends, Tom, punches a stranger in the head, after playing and losing an arcade game to him.

At a nightclub, Zeus starts a fight with Scott, punches him in the head and ends up shooting and killing him despite Charlie's attempts to dissuade him.

The film is based partly on writer George Basha's life experiences of growing up in the suburbs surrounding Guildford and Parramatta.

For the roles of Charlie's high school mates, the producers place an ad in the Parramatta papers.

[11] Influenced by the visual style of films in the Revisionist Western genre, the film makes use of the widescreen format, low angles and dramatic lighting to "enhance [the] hero's standing among those less honourable" and allow "dynamic compositions of landscape and character.

"[13] ABC Radio National's Jason Di Rosso said that the film had "some clunky, overwritten dialogue and poor pacing" but that "as the plot crescendos […] The Combination transcends its flaws.

"[14] Marc Fennell reviewing for Triple J gave the film two out of five stars, praising the ambition of the film, but criticizing several aspects including the love story, the acting by the non-professional cast and Bowen, Labib Jammal's music and the characterisation of Sydney's parents.

[18] In the first incident on 26 February 2009, a security guard was hit in the head and hospitalised after asking a patron to put out his cigarette.