SHARPSHOOTER MATT QUIGLEY (SELLECK) IS HIRED FROM AMERICA BY AN AUSTRALIAN RANCHER SO HE CAN SHOOT ABORIGINES AT A DISTANCETom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people as well as some stunning Australian settings. Director Simon Wincer (Phar Lap) brings a lot of integrity to this rare horse opera from contemporary Hollywood. –Tom Keogh
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March 30, 2008
#1
You will be laughing your tail off. Here is why:
Quigley (Tom Selleck), investigates a report on human right violations by the English settlers against the aboriginal population of Austria.
(Obviously, Quigley had improved the inter-racial relationships in his native Wyoming to perfection: black, indians, white, all live in equality, peace and harmony, and now he is on a mission to do the same in Austria)
Quigley quickly discovers the horrible truth, and being a superman, supperherro, suppersshooter, quickly brings justice. All bad guys (english, irish, scotch) are punished, aboriginals are free. No more slavery, genocide, collonialism and exploitation.
A blond Texan woman shares his passion and adopts a little black baby; the baby fell from a 200 feet cliff and survived!
Have fun!
Ernesto Ce Gevara
March 30, 2008
#2
This is one of those movies that’s so boring it’s a chore to watch. I’m just seeing snippets between internet surfing and reading. Selleck looks okay, but he just doesn’t have what it takes to carry this kind of film. Far as I’m concerned, his show was a bore too. The only memorable part is some disturbing footage of the young lady shooting a pack of dingos and that was painful to watch. The stuff with the aborigines – just the usual pile of Hollywood dung.
I recomend this movie for people who are infatuated with Tom Selleck. There seems to be quite a few of them. Everyone else should find a real western to watch.
March 30, 2008
#3
This movie itself is good in VHS but the DVD super wide scren 2.35 aspect ratio makes the picture on my TV screen narrow and only fills half the screen. Had I known I would have stuck with the VHS version.
March 30, 2008
#4
DVD arrived promptly and in good order, however, due to Australia being in the Oceania region our DVD players cannot play US type DVDs. Amazon did warn me that this was a possibility – however, no option was given by Amazon to choose a DVD for this region – Oceania. I am stuck with a DVD I cannot watch
March 30, 2008
#5
A boring and unrealistic film about Tom Selleck’s character being brought in to shoot aborigines to clear them off a station.
It incorrectly shows aborigines in large tribes.
This may be true of American Indians but this is a different culture and the idea of whites willy nilly doing this is offensive and racist as well as historically false.