David Gulpilil, David Wenham, Emily Watson
A law enforcer in 19th-century Australia's outback pits three notorious outlaw brothers against one another.
DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
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September 25, 2009This is a beautiful film! Bold and Brutal! John Hillcoat's debut is something quite special and the performances are faultless. The soundtrack is also sublime! Recommended!
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June 13, 2009I am not usually a big fan of the western genre, but this film was very different than the usual western. I think the thing that made this film was the terrific screenplay by Nick Cave. It was brilliant and won a prize at the Venice Film Festival for Cave.
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February 20, 2009"This land will be civilized."
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him 9 days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
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December 30, 2008A western set in the Australian outback, the proposition in question is made by Ray Winstone, a local police captain intent on civilizing the unkempt wilderness. He threatens to hang the younger brother of ex-outlaw Guy Pearce unless he hunts down and kills his older brother, a ...( read more)
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November 10, 2009John Hillcoat?s Australian western starred Guy Pearce (L.A. Confidential, Memento) as one third of a troublesome fraternal gang in the 1800?s Outback, Ray Winstone as the police captain who has sworn to ?civilize this land? and Danny Huston (in a mesmerizingly frightening turn) a...( read more)
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October 26, 2009Just fantastic. Another gritty, brutal Australian film. You don't have to feel like a cowboy movie to watch it. This definitely stands out as Nick Cave's masterwork in terms of movies, though he doesn't act in it.
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October 21, 2009The film looked really beautiful and there were a couple of really brutal scenes that were well done and got my attention, but I just couldn't get into the story itself.
Critic Reviews
June 22, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
May 26, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Murder ballad for the slice-and-dice age, a film of sensitive artistry laced with gore. full review
May 26, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
A near-masterpiece of mood and menace, and one that deserves to be seen on the largest screen possible. full review
May 25, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Hillcoat creates a vision as nihilistic as any horror film ever put on a screen, but so well acted and carefully conceived that it transcends exploitation. full review
May 19, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Have you read Blood Meridian, the novel by Cormac McCarthy? This movie comes close to realizing the vision of that dread and despairing story. full review
May 5, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The quality of the acting, Cave's hellfire score and the heavy atmospherics of the directing merely dress up a cliché: Violence leads to more violence. full review
May 1, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Directed by John Hillcoat, it shows humanity striving for a New Testament way of life with a Cain-and-Abel drama on the doorstep. full review
April 6, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
This Down Under horse opera is violent, grim and stunningly good. full review
January 18, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A revisionist Western coated in flies, mud, and sweat that exudes an appreciation for, and fearful awe of, the near-mythic savagery that stands as enlightened society's vicious antipode. full review
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August 9, 2008Interesting film that works on many levels; civillization vs anarchy, Whites vs Natives, Good vs Evil. Execellent cinematography provides a bleak backdrop of despair for full color murder, pillage and rapine. Be wary or you might find yourself riding with outlaws!!!!
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September 23, 2006This movie is brilliant in many ways. The acting and the beauty of the land of which the cast is present.
Also this movie is not as gory as some have been saying. The movie is rarely full of killing or fights. There was only two parts of the film that had gory scenes. Other then that the movie was fine. -
August 12, 2006Like The Punisher, this film is not for the weak of heart (although is slightly tamer). Its a powerful movie that details a mans struggle to rescue his brother and.........oh you just watch it, what am i your babysitter?
Justins Best Bit: Some poor blokes head being blown off.
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