Adrian Dunbar, Chris Haywood, Ciaran McMenamin, Daniel Wyllie, Don Hany
Follows the final days of Irish convict Alexander Pearce's life as he awaits execution. The year is 1824 and the British penal colony of Van Diemen's Land is little more than a living hell. Chained to...( read more
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This movie follows the final days of Irish convict Alenander Pearce's life who escaped from prison not once but twice now as he awaits execution he decides to tell his final story. The year is 1824 and the british penal colony on Van Diemen's land is little more then a living hel...( read more)
Exceptionally filmed and superbly performed, this film is dark and full of despair. A haunting reality that will surprisingly bring forth feelings of compassion and retribution in a tale that is frighteningly sinister in nature.
I had an interest in this story before seeing the movie. The movie varies, it has some very good bits, but also some rather boring bits.
It definitely does manage to make you think about issues of morality and if it is something most people would resort to, but we'll never know ...( read more)
True story about Alexander Pearce, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pearce) an Irish convict who was sent to Tasmania to a penal colony in 1822, who twice escaped and turned to Cannibalism. The Hour long film sympathises with him and tries to show that a man will do anythi...( read more)
Good flick, makes you think about what you would do in that same situation...
'A gritty and haunting morality tale, a masterfully sketched portrait of religious faith, human guilt and what divides men from beasts.' Inside Film Magazine
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