Mystery Road

Name: Mystery Road
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: August 15, 2013
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Aaron Pedersen, Bruce Spence, Damian Walshe-Howling, David Field, Hugo Weaving

2013

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Well Go USA Entertainment | Release Date: August 15, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Aaron Pedersen, Bruce Spence, Damian Walshe-Howling, David Field, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Robert Mammone, Ryan Kwanten, Tasma Walton, Tony Barry

Summary: Indigenous cowboy detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Alienated from both the white-dominated police force and his own community, including his teenage daughter (now connected to the murdered girl), Jay stands alone in hisIndigenous cowboy detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Alienated from both the white-dominated police force and his own community, including his teenage daughter (now connected to the murdered girl), Jay stands alone in his determination to fight back - for his town, and his people.… Expand

Director: Ivan Sen

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 121 min

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The Guardian Leslie Felperin

The whole thing might have been improved by slightly nippier pacing, but the slow-burn action pays off with a spectacular climactic gun-fight, where the distances are so vast it takes half a second for bullets to find their marks. Read full review

Matt Glasby

Deliberately paced and expertly acted by a weathered ensemble including Hugo Weaving, Mystery Road also boasts some of cinema’s most gorgeous magic-hour photography even if, elsewhere, light is in perilously short supply. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

I won’t lie and say Mystery Road kept me on the edge of my seat for its duration, but there is a lot to enjoy in its delicately peeled back layers. Read full review

Ben Nicholson

The measured narrative and anti-climactic finale do mean that Mystery Road doesn’t pander to all tastes, and it never conforms to thriller conventions, but Sen has undoubtedly succeeded in fashioning a thoroughly engrossing journey into a modern Australian wilderness that’s well worth seeking out. Read full review

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geewah

Dec 20, 2020

Exceptional modern day western set in the remote and rugged yet stunning outback of Australia.

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Bigguy00

Aug 4, 2020

The third production in this series. A superb cast & outstanding cinematography make this a fine use of your time. It moves a bit slowly, but the cultural immersion makes it worth the trip. You’ll truly understand the Outback once you’ve viewed this. Here’s hoping there a fourth installmentThe third production in this series. A superb cast & outstanding cinematography make this a fine use of your time. It moves a bit slowly, but the cultural immersion makes it worth the trip. You’ll truly understand the Outback once you’ve viewed this. Here’s hoping there a fourth installment coming.… Expand

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