Directed by:
Simon WincerScreenplay:
John HillCinematography:
David EggbyComposer:
Basil PoledourisCast:
Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Tony Bonner, Jerome Ehlers, Conor McDermottroe, Roger Ward, Ben Mendelsohn, Danny Adcock (more)VOD (2)
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American sniper Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) is known for his exceptional shooting skills. With his custom-made Sharps buffalo rifle, he hits targets at long range like no other. A new job takes him to Australia, where he is employed to hunt dingoes for the greedy landowner Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman). But Marston has only one goal: to claim even more areas of the largely uninhabited continent for himself, and he does not shrink away from the murder of the natives. When Quigley realizes that he is not supposed to kill wild dogs, but Indigenous People, he refuses to start the job - and as a result gets himself into the line of fire of the unscrupulous rancher. (Altitude Film Distribution)
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An amazing western with all the trimmings, I would even say one of the best ones made outside the so-called golden era of the genre. Tom Selleck as a 100% likable man wields a sharpshooter that thunders beautifully, Alan Rickman as a slimy bad guy can play absolute contempt with perhaps a wink, excellent action scenes, a bombastic Poledouris score and an attractive Australian setting with Aborigines instead of Indians, cows instead of horses and dingo dogs instead of wolves. Don't worry about the runtime.
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