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Directed by: John Hillcoat Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone This movie is a fascinating western in an unusual setting (the stark Australian outback) made in 2005. Written by the musician Nick Cave, it shares many characteristics with Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, most notably with its haunting rock score. Its realism smacks of Deadwood, but with more flies; its lyrical and almost transcendental portions are interwoven masterfully with the frequent and brutal bouts of violence; its bleached, barren setting simultaneously evokes overpowering natural beauty. This movie is more literal than Dead Man, but it concerns itself with the same basic issues: the indigenous population, morality, violence, and beauty. The basic story revolves around a wonderfully played cavalry captain (Ray Winstone) who captures two brothers, Charlie and Mike Burns. Until recently they were part of an outlaw gang lead by their older brother Arthur which carries out brutal killings in the area and lives in a cave up in the rocky hills. The Captain threatens to hang Mikey, basically still a boy, unless Charlie finds his elusive brother and kills him within nine days, in which case both he and Mikey are promised pardons. This relatively simple plot becomes a complicated moral web filled with death and reflection. I highly recommend this film. RATING: 5 PROS: Hyper-realistic, lyrical, beautifully shot CONS: Possibly too brutal ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421238/
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