A classic Aussie action film.
936996
If you can get passed the fact that Mel Gibson has become what he's become then I think you would really enjoy this movie. It bears no real connection to Mad Max near as I can tell even though it is considered a sequel. The look of the film influenced a lot of post-apocalyptic movies from this era. Lord Humongous remains one of the most intimidating bad guys you're likely to see in a movie. The stunt work and car chases are top notch. Gibson shows just enough of the character's humanity to make him sympathetic but not enough to make him unrealistic for the harsh world in which he lives. Buy this but I'd avoid Beyond Thunderdome; it's inferior to Road Warrior and Mad Max in every way and has too many child actors.
4441057
As an Aussie I enjoyed the film as much for the scenery (which was excellent) as for the plot.  This was a fine sequel, even if not as enthralling, as the original Man from Snowy river.  It is well worth watching.
1820959
Here is a movie that kicks you in the backside, and you don't know it until you land on your face. Rooster is a first-rate hero. Despite having let himself go, Rooster shows more grit and backbone than any ten sheriffs; furthermore, he does this while coming across as a man of kindness and compassion (not toward villains, however). This is the kind of hero that you have to like. Rooster guns down more villains than he takes to jail, but only because they don't give him any choice.  Both Wayne and Hepburn show why they are all-time greats. Hepburn plays a preacher's daughter who is forced to put up with Rooster's boozing as the pair hunts down her father's killer, and she turns out to have some grit herself. The dialogue was exceptional. The scenery was good, but the story and the characters were what made this a great classic.  --Roger Weston, author of The Golden Catch
3315762
Always liked Bronson but this one was a classic period piece. Decent acting, very good fight scenes although strangely, the next to last fight was more intense than the final, supposedly climactic fight. That notwithstanding an extremely entertaining movie as long as you take it for what it was meant to be, an action flick with good fights and a taste for the depression era environment.
643638
Love this film and this is an amazing release! It is sad that the film hasn't got a release as good as this in Australia
4721744
This is a much-talked about Australian film, but the storyline is rather confronting.  It details the relationship between two dysfunctional people, whose main interest in life is sex and drugs for the woman, played superbly by Sacha Horler, and the shiftless man upon, out of work and unmotivated, on whom she focuses her attention.
The two main actors are very convincing in their roles, and there is a small part played by the ever-convincing Marta Dusseldorp.  Not an uplifting experience, but worth watching because it received great acclaim at the time it was released.
3823436
This is one of the top movies of all time that most Kiwis and Aussies grew up with..it came out in Black and White and since been re-engineered
1688986
This film is almost like an Asian 'Dances With Wolves'. Great action sequences, excellent actors, strong story. This movie is easily re-watchable.
369088
I first viewed this "spagetti" western back in 1970 when I was just a nine year old kid in the back seat of the crowded family car on a Saturday night double-feature running at my hometown's drive-in theater. The images of this movie were so powerful to me back then (almost 30 years ago) that I never forgot them, nor the name of this excellent film, originally titled, "Go Kill Everybody, and Come back Alone". It's never been available on DVD in English to the USA until just now, and I was incredibly anxious to see it again, though I am now older than Chuck Conners was when he made the film. I was not disappointed. The story is a well-conceived revenge tale set in Texas during the Civil War (filmed in Spain). Chuck Conners (star of the hit, "Rifleman" TV series) is a hired mastermind for a shady Confederate captain (Frank Wolff) who wants him to break into an impregnable Union fort to steal $1,000,000 in gold (tactfully mixed in rolls of dynamite). Conners pulls together a tight-knit squad of killers, each with his own deadly speciality, to pull off the job. Once the gold is in hand, suspicions within the group begin, leading to bloody betrayal. The fight for the gold continues through a series of events (rafting it over a river, a brutal stop at a Union labor camp, a series of intelligently-written double-crossings, etc.) which all leads up to a climactic, surprise ending. This is the film's first US release, and on DVD, it's a slightly better than average print, which improves in quality ten minutes after the film begins. There are a surprising number of extra goodies included which I found informative and enjoyable. The sound quality is excellent, and the soundtrack by DeMasi ("Lone Wolf McQuade") features a memorable score throughout. The amazing (and obviously, very dangerous) stunt work is truly spectacular and far more original than any I've ever seen - even in modern movies of today with all the computerized special effects. Of all Enzo G. Catellari's films, critics consider this one his best, and I have to agree. Chuck Conners, an American Western star already, adds a real touch of charisma and panache to this film, which is much better than the average films of its genre at the time. The price tag for this DVD, which is packaged in a better-than-average case, and includes all the original theatrically realeased posters in color, is definitely worth it. If you want to add a few of the best Westerns produced during the 60's and early 70's to your collection, or give it as a gift to someone you know who loves action films, then this one is a real winner. You won't be disappointed.
3691572
A decent Aussie crime flick with some unfamiliar looks inside Oz prison life or at least the inside of one their prisons.
723837
This is a well done movie that has aged well. As a metaphor of raging against tyranny. it is superb.
1648607
This film was surprisingly good in every way. It's a very traditional action/adventure film that emulates earlier films of its type and adds up-to-date special effects which make the flying combat scenes much more involving and exciting than in the past. It's well-acted by a relatively young cast. Cowboy character Blaine Rawlings and boxer Eugene Skinner were based on actual members of the Lafayette Escadrille. It also has excellent cinematography that captures the beauty of the scenery from the air. The story is nothing exceptional but simply what one would expect from a film of this type. It's not so much about fighting as it is about bravery, sacrifice and camaraderie in the face of danger. A romantic subplot seems tacked on to some people but it was a traditional part of the genre and adds an extra dimension to the characters.

The movie was almost totally overlooked in the fall of 2006 when it came out and, since no studio would back it, was a major financial loss to its producer Dean Deviln and executive producer David Ellison who put up most of the 60-million budget themselves (the film grossed 18 million worldwide). Ellison also appeared in the film as Eddie Beagle, a supporting character who provides many of the comic moments of the film.(He made his money back co-producing World War Z). America has a rather detached attitude toward the First World War which seems rather distant and faraway, unlike the Second, so the interest just wasn't there. How many big films from each war can you think of? They're almost all of the Second. Also, the movie scene was really changing in the early 2000's. This was when traditional genres like dramas and romantic comedies started a steep decline in favor of big special effects extravaganzas. Most of the big films of 2006 are fantasies of some sort: Pirates of the Caribbean, Night at the Museum, X-Men Last Stand, Da Vinci Code, etc. This movie was big, but too traditional and free of fantasy elements.

It even got picked on for historical inaccuracies. We all know lots of people like to find these faults in films. It makes them look smarter than the film makers and admittedly can be a fun game. In the biggest case among many, WWI afficionados piled on about the German tri-planes (Fokker DR) which were not used until the end of the war after late 1917, when the film is set in 1916. In the first place if you are going to movies to study history you're way off base. Movies are entertainment, not accurate history lessons. They exist to entertain and so have a different agenda and are allowed to take liberties as long as they don't go overboard (like having Germany win the war). The tri-planes look cool and dangerous and the audience can easily tell who is who in the combat sequences which is what is important to the film.

The movie is a bit too long. It could have easily ended twenty to thirty minutes before it did, but they decided to add one more big scene. This is okay and the scene does work but wasn't really necessary except in a screen writer's sense of resolving things in a certain traditional way. The movie manages to keep you involved enough so it all works.
3310892
Only on amazon have I found this classic movie. It has edge qf trhe seat drama. It also has a lot of gunfire action! I has a very good story line.
1774228
A great Australian movie, keeps you enthralled right from the start, I also bought Man from Snowy River 2 and just as good, have watched them both many times, well worth the money
691096
What more can you say about this movie. Action, comedy and romance. One of the more underrated movies of the late eighties. It also has a pretty good list of actors in it.
1604878
Easily my favourite Australian movie. If you want to see the Australian outback captured in all its glory with the typical dry Aussie wit this is such good viewing. A superb cast executes this story perfectly. Every time I watch this it feels like i am returning home. This would be Jack Thompsons best performance as he spent time as a youth shearing sheep he fits the rol as Foley the gun shearer. A must for any Australian movie fan.
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I saw this movie many years ago and it has stood the test of time for my taste.  It is not runaway action, but a good plot, with a few unexpected twists.  Of course Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway make a good story even better with their presence.  For a movie its age, it has aged well and is still entertaining.