Guy Pearce

Ray Winstone

Emily Watson

Danny Huston

David Wenham

Richard Wilson

John Hurt

Noah Taylor

Robert Morgan

Jeremy Madrona

Jae Mamuyac

Mick Roughan

Shane Watt

David Gulpilil

Bryan Probets

Oliver Ackland

David Vallon

Daniel Parker

Carl Rush

Gary Waddell

Iain Gardiner

Bogdan Koca

Sue Dwyer

Lance Medlin

Rodney Boschman

Boris Brkic

Ned Rose

Leah Purcell

Tom Budge

Tom E. Lewis

Ralph Cotterill

Max Age

Jerry Solomon

Benoît Delhomme

Jackie O'Sullivan

Jon Gregory

Michael Henry

Nick Cave

John Hillcoat

Robert Jones

Michael Hamlyn

Chiara Menage

Gina Black

Sara Giles

Cat Villiers

Chris Auty

Chris Kennedy

James Atherton

Norman Humphrey

Margot Wilson

Nikki Barrett

Gary Davy

Polly Borland

Gerard McCann

Jill Eden

Warren Ellis

Marita Mussett

Richard Davey

Jenny Sutcliffe

Paul Davies

Bill Booth

Joanne McLennan

Ric Anderson

Steve Courtney

Dianne Bennett

Michael Meehan

Richard Nitz

Kris Swales

Louise Seymour

Darren Mallett

Chris Sheen

Dave Catton

Greg Hillcoat

Terry Lowe

Kane Lowe

Jason Clee

Pam Collis

Peter McLennan

Jeff Gribble

Christopher Simon

Lea Dixon

Graeme Suhr

Angela Moore

Noel McCartney

Tim Alban

Libby Mourant

Andrew Bishop

Lenny Holmdahl

Darko Tuscan

Bronwyn Fitzgerald

Geoff Bradley

Fred Hughes

Vera Biffone

Zeljka Stanin

Jack Gillies

Anthony Faust

James Hamilton

Maria Stroka

Chris Weir

Anna Bertmark

Chris Goodes

Mark Appleby

Marko Anttonen

Craig Walmsley

Alison Brown

Ian Morgan

Andy Wright

Hans Verbeek

Stacey Parish

Ted Swanscott

Andy Burrow

Melissa Lee

Kerry Brown

Stephen Head

Andrew Neil

Graham Dunn

Anne Pamphilon

Richard Stockdale

Nick Foley

Danny Long

Judith Cruden

Marty Casey

Tony Clarke

Jim White

Melissa Agnew

Martha Murphy Badger

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

Action

Adventure

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Western

australia

bounty hunter

psychopath

gallows

outlaw

misanthrophy

decapitation

gang

shootout

sadist

brutality

hideout

retribution

flogging

whipping

sunset

australian outback

christmas

19th century

aborigine

savagery

australian western

The Proposition

UK Film Council

Surefire Film Productions

Autonomous

Pictures in Paradise

Jackie O Productions

Pacific Film and Television Commission

The Film Consortium

National Lottery

Australia

United Kingdom

English

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