LouHomey From my favorite movies..

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

cdcrb Jay a besotted aborigine federal officer goes looking for a missing girl in Australia. people are getting rich mining indigenous land for gold. everyone turns a blind eye with the expectation of big bucks. we are in the middle of no where, but it sure is beautiful. desolate, lonely and breathtaking. nothing is ever really explained and you have to figure things out on your own. the two stars are great and unknown to me. and the bad guys don't have to wear black hats. they carry guns. worth a look see.

adonis98-743-186503 Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple light duty investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone. Goldstone is one of those films that i didn't know what to expect but it was better than what i was expecting, the perfomances from the 2 leading men were terrific especially Pedersen and the direction is terrific with some beautiful shots of the desert and an amazing car chase that feels real and gritty. It's dramatic, it's action packed and even slow the relationship of it's characters keep things going and going until the end credits. (9/10)

mifunesamurai A wonderfully slow paced movie that gives you time to chew on the underlying fat of what is so screwed up with the Aussie outback political culture. Ivan Sen does not leave anything out, touching on the Stolen Generation, the rape and pillage by mining companies on sacred land, the destruction and disintegration of the Indigenous culture, and even the exploitation in the sex slave trade. It is ugly, almost revisiting that icon Australian movie, WAKE IN FRIGHT.It sometimes takes an outsider to see what is so wrong with a country, as Ted Kotcheff did with Wake In Fright, Louis Malle with Alamo Bay and Wim Wenders with almost everything he made in America. But Australia has its very own soul searching local filmmaker in Ivan Sen, who peels away those layers a bit at a time, with every layer revealing the true ugliness of this country.The plus side was the technical aspect, with the cinematography being the added bonus, perfectly capturing the mood in the isolated remote locations. Once again that was superbly handled by the director himself, who also had a hand in the music.If you are searching for a fast paced action thriller, than keep away from this movie. But if you desire to be challenged and mentally stimulated without having topics shoved down your throat, than seek this movie out, and enjoy what it has to offer.

Takeshi-K This is the second installment of the adventures of Jay Swan, Indigenous Australian outback detective. Jay is played by routinely excellent actor Aaron Pedersen, but he doesn't have much to work with here. He looks great on screen, but his acting talent is far superior than the screenplay he's been given on this film. His character was introduced in 2013 in the movie called Mystery Road. That movie perfectly depicted the slow building tension of divided loyalties and suspicion in a small town crime story. This second film is set in a mining town and thats where the interest ends. This movie was really boring and nowhere near as good as Mystery Road. Both films ended in a gunfight, but the first one was well shot and well staged. This movie has the ridiculous unbelievable sight of ordinary citizens going about their day as though nothing is happening during a life threatening gunfight. It destroys the tension, not that this movie created any in the first place. It was way too slow, there was almost no mystery or drama or anything an audience can get its teeth into. The photography was excellent and acting was solid, but moreso than the first, it plays out as an unoriginal fanfiction love note to No Country For Old Men.