In the New South Wales seaside town of Shellharbour, burly fisherman Eddy is anxious to please his showy wife Yvonne. He takes on an odd job gig as a hitman-for-hire to supplement needed income and ward off family problems. He throws himself into the job, even enlisting a timid sidekick named Dominic. Determined to build a happy household, Eddy finds his family unity tested further when his daughter Chantelle, l9, is jilted by her no-good Russian fiancé and begins to show some interest in a local handyman. In this quirky Down Under comedy, director Chris Kennedy, 43. shows a knack for creating eccentric characters akin to his previous efforts Doing Time for Patsy Cline and This Won’t Hurt a Bit. Howard (not the current Aussie PM) is a slow-burning Edgar Kennedy-type with a deadpan delivery and Ms McClelland looks like a young Liv Ullmann. Out of the crazy-clan Aussie comedy mould, Variety noted that A Man’s Gotta Do is kind of like “Basil Faulty meets Tony Soprano.”Australian filmmaker Chris Kennedy's day job is as a dentist. He has written, directed and produced four feature films including Doing Time For Patsy Cline(1997).  -AM