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The Proposition (2005) Certificate 18

The Proposition

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Rated 3.0 stars
Average rating
(62%)
 
Starring: Guy Pearce | Tom Budge | Emily Watson | Ray Winstone | John Hurt | Danny Huston | David Wenham
Director: John Hillcoat
Studio: PALISADES TARTAN
Run time: 100 mins
Genres: Action/Adventure
Languages: English
Released: July 10, 2006

In the hostile and unforgiving Australian Outback of the 1880's, men live and die by the gun and justice comes at the end of a hangman's rope. Struggling to bring the order to the territory, a ruthless English police captain (Ray Winstone) hunts down the Burns gang - the brothers wanted for a brutal rape and murder. But while Charlie (Guy Pearce) and Mikey are taken prisoner, the gangs psychopathic leader escapes to their hideout in the hills. Determined to finish the job, the lawman makes Charlie a proposition - find his fugitive brother, kill him and young Mikey will be saved from the gallows.

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Highest rated reviews

26 out of 27 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4 stars
Please, it's not a western

Slurs from Scotland, 10th December, 2008

Men with big hats and guns do not a western make, and whilst long shots of weather-beaten faces may conjure up memories of Sergio Leone, The Proposition is far grimmer than anything he ever made. Yes, it moves slowly, but that just serves to heighten the repression and frustration of Ray Winston as he misguidedly tries to impose the English country idyll onto a bleak, uncaring and hostile landscape already ravaged by the early brutally disorganised steps of British colonialism. Watch it - be frustrated by everyone's inability to communicate, be horrified by the brutality and the gore, and be stunned by the scenery, but watch it.

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8 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1 stars
Don't bother

A Customer from d, 5th December, 2008

Nothing special. Wish I hadn't rented it

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 1 stars
Why did I rent this?

A Customer from Pembrokeshire, Wales, 12th December, 2008

I am sure I made a mistake when renting this film. I loathe films like this with the gratuitous violence almost from the first frame to the last. Horrible, horrible, horrible...

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0 stars
Oh Dear Lord

ChefNeil from , 21st May, 2009

I can't believe this even got released. Worse than Sunshine and that's saying something!

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Most recent reviews

Rated 4 stars
Good Okker fare

Patrick Ford from Andover, Hampshire uk, 10th March, 2010

Anything with Guy Pearce in it is like to be well made and this is no exception. Top drawer stuff

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Rated 0 stars
do not watch unless

DrManhattan from , 8th March, 2010

It's tasteless and pretentious. In my opinion do not watch unless: - you are Nick Cave's fan - you like excessive violence - you are not bothered by a very poor mouth hygiene

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Rated 4 stars
More like a betrayal of brotherly love

djwaggy from , 7th March, 2010

A betrayal of brotherly love form a very brutal penal 19 century Australia, from a pampas Victorian age rent it its worth watching.

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Rated 3 stars
the proposition

A Customer from hampshire, 23rd February, 2010

really enjoyed the film recommend

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