In the harsh, unforgiving landscape of the Outback, Charlie Burns is presented with an impossible proposition by local law enforcer Captain Stanley: The only way to save younger brother Mikey from the gallows is to track down and kill Arthur, his psychotic older brother. Meanwhile Captain Stanley is desperate to shield his innocent wife from the brutalities of their new surroundings, having given up their comfortable life in England. An uneasy sense of foreboding grows as each character faces a punishing moral dilemma that leads inexorably to a devastating climax...
Director: John Hillcoat
Producer: Cat Villiers
Producer: Chiara Menage
Producer: Chris Brown
Producer: Jackie O'Sullivan
Actor: Emily Watson
Actor: John Hurt
Actor: Iain Gardiner
Actor: Danny Huston
Actor: Daniel Parker
Actor: Guy Pearce
Actor: David Vallon
Actor: Garry Waddell
Actor: Ray Winstone
Actor: David Wenham
Actor: Leah Purcell
Actor: Oliver Ackland
Actor: Tom E. Lewis
Actor: David Gulpilil
Actor: Robert Morgan
Actor: Noah Taylor
Actor: Richard Wilson