Tonally interesting and featuring a very good Ryan Kwanten, this confused Australian genre pic falls short in the end due to its predictable storyline and willingness to go the urban legend route without much thought for authenticity. The racial debate is one that should be investigated in Australian cinema more so it is interesting that Hughes has done it in this way but it doesn't quite work for all its efforts.
Australia's own no country for old men,a few plot holes but a very fine film with a good strong ending i think superior to 'country' but they dont need to be compared,superb movie
Visually stylish but tries too hard to deliver blunt exploitation violence and emotional sincerity, thereby falling short in both. Treads very heavily in hillbilly stereotypes while giving us a mute, avenging aboriginal counteractively comes off as the most racist portrait in the film. Hackneyed symbolism aside, it's a nifty little B western--just don't take it as serious as it takes itself.
Obvio que el western (o sus variaciones) ya no es un género que se explote tanto como hace 40 años, pero eso no quiere decir que esté extinto. Junto con 'The Proposition' este es el segundo kangoroo-western que veo. Es cierto, nada de la historia es novedoso, pero su adaptación al localismo australiano confirma que el western, como el terror por ej., es uno de los géneros universales por excelencia. Recomendable.
