Advantages: An honest, gritty and moving war film Disadvantages: Some people may be put off by the film's cold-blooded nature
...as a roustabout and horse breaker (hence the nickname). His relationship with his superior, Hunt, had clearly been strong - he had even been engaged to Hunt's sister - but something had gone wrong and the two had ended up far from home, engaged in a brutal and merciless struggle on the high veldt of the Transvaal. Morant is clearly a man intent on revenge, but is his motivation perhaps more deep, more base? We are left to ponder. We do know that ... ...yet he is a romantic: he write poetry and is egotistical enough to wish to see it published. At times we almost suspect that he has a death wish, perhaps a wish for a romantic end. Yet all is left unsaid and we are left to make our own minds up about the man.
Bryan Brown's performance is much more straightforward, for the simple reason that his character, Handcock, is a straightforward 'bloke'. He is never troubled by questions of morality or the ...
Templar19 09.03.2009
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Hero or villian? His exploits shook an empire... and made him a legend. South Africa ... more
1901: The British war against the Boers has deteriorated into bitter guerilla warfare. A unit of the Bushveldt Carbineers made up mainly of Australians is ordered by ...
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