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Genres: CrimeDramaWest
Starring: Guy Pearce, Noah Taylor, Bryan Probets, Richard Wilson, Danny Huston, Ray Winstone, Robert Morgan
Director(s): John Hillcoat
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: UK, Australia
Year: 2005
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, iPod, Hi Def, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 7.5 out of 10 (26277 votes)
Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the four Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the gangs mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanleys proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days.
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(24 May 2012)
Ordinary script/un-ordinary performances!
This review is from: The Proposition (Amazon Instant Video) A neat little flick about family loyalty and betrayal;sacrifice and redemption. Strong supporting roles by John Hurt and Ray Winstone breath fire into an otherwise ordinary revenge tale.Guy Pearce shakes hands with the Devil [Winstone-"Capt. Stanley"] and sacrifices one brother to save another.That's about it? This move is not ordinary! I lied-Shoot me.This movie reminded me of 2 others that Winstone and Pearce starred in [seperate movies,""leads]: one was-"Ravenous"[3-1/2 stars] which Guy Pearce starred in along-side Robert Carlyle [Carlyle can,when the role-calls,"act" strange].That movie was a mix of canabalism and vampirism. WOW! The second movie,one of many I might add,that Winstone shined in,is called,"Sexy Beast"[4****]. Ian McShane [DeadWood] and Ben Kingsley ride neck-to-neck,crazilly alongside-with him;in that movie. Ben Kingsley got an oscar. I give The Proposistion 3 1/2 STARS. Thanks for listening.
(24 May 2012)
Perfect film and blu-ray, region free
This review is from: The Proposition [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) This review is here to inform people from other country that the blu-ray is REGION FREE. Works perfectly on my european ps3. NO FRENCH SUBTITLES. ONLY ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUBTITLES.The movie itself is awesome. Also is the quality of the blu-ray.That's it.Thank's to amazon for the quick shipment.
(20 May 2012)
One of the best movies of the past ten years.
The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2006)Imagine you're the middle brother of three, and the three of you have been an outlaw gang for so long no one remembers anything else. Now imagine that the local law captures you and your younger brother, and offers you a proposition: you have nine days to find and kill your older brother, or the law will hang your younger brother. What do you do?Such is the situation that Charlie Burns (L. A. Confidential's Guy Pearce) finds himself in. The law, in the person of Captain Stanley (Sexy Beast's Ray Winstone) has younger brother Mike (Richard Wilson) in chains, and will only let him go if Charlie hunts down and kills his psychotic older brother Arthur (Danny Huston). As with most westerns, it's a simple plot; what you do with it is what separates the wheat from the chaff. And John Hillcoat has stamped himself a director for the ages with this, the best western since Dead Man a decade previous.Australia seems an obvious place to make westerns; the great big sky just begs for the kind of stark, unforgiving cinematography that Australian directors have been utilizing for decades now. (Though, oddly, despite living in the land of the cinematographers, Hillcoat imported his from France-- Benoit Delhomme, who cut his teeth on such stunning movies as Cyclo.) It's dead perfect for westerns, as is the barren, inhospitable Outback landscape where The Proposition takes place; New Mexico ain't got nothin' on this. Add a script written by Nick Cave, who seemed to be channelling the spirit of Cormac McCarthy's earlier, bloodier western novels (oh, yeah, if you think The Road and No Country for Old Men were warped, check out Blood Meridian...). Cave has had a fascination with the culture of the American South for a long, long time now (note his excellent, terribly underrated novel ...And the [censored for amazon consumption] Saw the Angel), and since McCarthy originated in the South (while I'm talking books, McCarthy's southern-period novel Child of God is another must-read), it all comes together like one huge thunderclap. And what a storm it unveils. Cave, who also did the music for the film (with his Bad Seeds compatriot Warren Ellis-- no relation to the graphic novel writer), meshes the two in a remarkable way; being as much a music fan as a movie fan, I tend to pay a lot of attention to how well music goes with image, and it does so here in a way I'm not sure I've ever seen before. The film's music is as much a character as is Charlie, or Arthur, or the outback itself. (Okay, I can think of one other example, perhaps-- Peter Gabriel's score for The Last Temptation of Christ.) Cave created a thing of remarkable savagery and beauty here, and Hillcoat realized it as well as he could-- and that is very well indeed.I haven't even scraped the tip of the iceberg of the reasons why you need to see this movie. There are so very many. Hillcoat, whose next project is, ironically enough, an adaptation of McCarthy's The Road (why Cave did not write the screenplay, I've no idea, but Guy Pearce is once again involved), has created what may be the perfect down under western here. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Flirting with a spot on my 100 best movies of all time list. **** ½
(19 May 2012)
the prposition
This review is from: The Proposition (DVD) very different and violent the males in the movie were just downright BAD I enjoyed the movie but I shook my head and said I can't believe they did that !
mrtimlarabee (18 May 2012)
Cave & Hilcoat craft a brilliant character piece
When I first watched this movie, I did not like it - at least as awestern. The plot seemed all too predictable and there were characterslike those played by David Wenham and Emily Watson that seemed all toounnecessary. I then took a step back and realized what a marvelous filmthis was.The film has interesting pacing. Cave and Hilcoat waste no time incutting to the chase. There is a shootout with Charlie and Mikey Burns.Captain Stanley, played beautifully by Ray Winstone, offers Charlie theproposition in question: kill his brother Arthur Burns by Christmas, orMikey dies. This is the setup for what turns out to be more a characterpiece than a standard action or western movie. The two main players areCaptain Stanley and Charlie Burns.Stanley has made a deal with Charlie and feels that if Mikey dies, heand his wife's lives are at stake. This is where Winstone plays thecharacter so well. We see him turn from a character who will "civilizethis place" to a paranoid, nervous failure. I particularly love thescene where he stands outside the jail wielding a gun threatening toshoot anyone who lays and hand on Mikey and then yielding to his wife.This scene is a far cry from the Stanley we see in the beginning.Charlie's struggle is different. He too yields to family. He has aclear chance to kill Arthur and doesn't. His reasoning is not out offear, but out of the fact that Arthur is family. The scene where theysit gazing at the sunset is poignant as it shows they have a bond -however weak it may have become. Their discussion is brief, whileproviding a subtle statement about their relationship.I questioned the ending at first, and then realized it worked on anumber of levels. We must remember that the writer is Nick Cave - andwhile his writing can be direct and violent, there is also a tendencyto be subtle and symbolic. Stanley is a self concerned man, planning toshow that he can clean up the land by bringing in a dangerous criminal.Later, he is concerned only for the life of he and his wife. He is notconcerned at all with Charlie and Mikey really.Charlie on the other hand questions what he should do. He ultimatelymakes the decision ****spoiler******* to kill Arthur as Arthur attemptsto murder Capt. Stanley and his wife. Yet even though Mikey has died,Charlie does not proceed to stake revenge on Stanley. It's not the wayCharlie does things. In spite of being a criminal, we see by this thathe does not believe in vengeance or torture and kills Arthur because ofthis - not for any other reason.This is a sharp contrast to what Wenham's character does as he hasMikey flogged. People watch on like it is a show - they embrace theviolent torture. They handle human life like entertainment. Wenham hasMikey flogged, we can guess, to spite Stanley as Stanley hasoverstepped his authority. So precious life is in the old outback.So what is this movie in the end? It's a good start for cave as ascreenwriter. It looks great. I'm not an expert on Australia, so Idon't know what to say about the authenticity, but there are shots inhere that create a feeling of desolation, heat, and emptiness. Iparticularly love the flies....I think if viewers pay attention to some of the characterizations, theymay appreciate this more. I read some viewers didn't like thecharacters, feeling they were too empty. Well for some, that was thepoint I think Cave wanted to make. Furthermore, this movie takes totask the definition of "justice," as for some it holds differentmeaning. Among the principle characters in this piece, that meaningultimately results in their downfall.
k4 Del (17 May 2012)
A Sad Version of a Story
This film might have been a respectful effort if only the pointless andgraphic gore had been cut. This level of violence disrupted thestoryline and undercut the visual positives of the landscape in whichthe story took place.It is sad that a generation of young men (the target market for thiskind of movie) have been so warped by what is supplied to them asacceptable leisure time (video games that use body counts to keep scoreto name one), that this movie is what they enjoy watching.This movie had no point but to indulge violent adolescent cravings. Ifninety percent of the graphic scenes were edited out this could havebeen and interesting and memorable motion picture.
lastliberal (16 May 2012)
I want you to kill your brother.
The cinematography, music, and costuming in this dark western fromAustralia make it worth watching.There is not a lot of dialog except for Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone)and Eden Fletcher (David Wenham). Well, we mustn't forget the drunkenJellon Lamb (John Hurt). He did tend to rattle on a bit. I really can'tsquare Captain Stanley with Beowulf, even though Winstone played bothcharacters.Guy Pearce (Momento, L.A. Confidential) was very good as the brotherwho had to do the dirty deed to save his younger brother.It was the Queensland scenery that made this film worth watching, butwhen you are looking at characters that are presented in varying shadesof gray and have to choose who may be good or bad, then that challengeis what makes good film.
horacekohanim (15 May 2012)
Still has me reeling
A marvelous, haunting, brutal, tortured descent into the outback ofright and wrong, The Proposition is as good, no as great a "Western"I've seen since Eastwood's Unforgiven. A beautiful evocation of a timeand a place, cinematically stunning, musically spare and poetic,unremitting in it's executions of the will of violence and the struggleof men. But to me, The Proposition is a rumination on White Man'sBurden, a fraught incursion into the moral morass of Australia'sAboriginal genocide and Christian hypocrisy, ignorance and fear. Thedisregard for the Aboriginies is pivotal to Arthur's (Danny Huston)madness, while Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) must toe a line, onewhich nobody seems able to comprehend, in pursuit of civilization.Biblical homage can't get too much closer than one brother's murder ofanother, and the paradoxical simplicity/majesty of the basic actsresonates vibrantly throughout The Proposition. So, while I am lessfamiliar with director John Hillcoat, I do know Nick Cave, so I canmore easily attribute my visceral movements to his artistry, with nodisregard to Hillcoat's direction. Nor any toward Guy Pearce, achilling Huston or-(one of my absolute favorite actors)-Winstone. Thisis truly one of the best films of recent memory.
Benjamin David Lee Watson (14 May 2012)
Better than Once Apon a Time in The West.
I just got back from seeing this picture at probably my favorite filmtheater but I arrived a bit late and missed the first 10 minutes withthe gunfight they said was really quite brilliant. So perhaps my viewon this picture alters from the masses but I still give thumbs up andsay that this film is an AFI asset. This film was not boring like thewesterns of old and even thought Sergio's films were cinematic gold, Ifeel they grow tedious with a secondary watching, but this film hadaction told a simple tale and sets and scenery right to the smallestdetail. The acting was great, the dialogue never clunky and moralswe're clear though not in the beginning. It gave the right impressionof this barren land where the flies are small demons and heat sucks outyour soul and all your feelings. Where the sun turns from enemy to anartist's impression of the beauty we all know we could be achieving.This film is violent but not for no reason, it shocks you and scaresyou into believing what the morals and ethics are hidden within thisexciting western set in Australia with bushrangers and trackers andknives and gun wheelin'. Truly a great film that I was glad to bewatching showing the world that Australia can do it and maybe they'llgive somebody who had a part in it an Oscar or award, but I wouldn'tcount on it.
rparham (14 May 2012)
A "Proposition" worth accepting
For decades, the western was one of Hollywood's most dependable genres.A western was always expected to deliver action, sometimes romance, amorality story, and most times, you could always tell the good from thebad. The Propostion, a western set in the Australian Outback, followsthe model that has been in vogue in more recent westerns to approachthe old standby with a different tack, taking our expectations about awestern and turning them on their ear. But the Proposition is much morethan even that, it is a tale that examines ideas including love,loyalty and the very idea that a world that is uncivilized by naturecan ever be otherwise. It is a tale that is mesmerizing and haunting,and some of it's images may be difficult to shake off so quickly.The film opens with Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone), the local law,having captured two thirds of the murderous Burns gang, brothersCharlie (Guy Pearce) and 14 year old Mikey (Richard Wilson). They areresponsible for the rape and slaughter of a local family, but Stanleyknows that the real killer of the group is still free, eldest brotherArthur (Danny Huston). So, he offers Charlie a proposition: he will lethim go and give him nine days, until Christmas, to find and kill hisbrother before Stanley hangs Mikey. Charlie, desperate to save hischildlike younger brother, accepts the deal and sets out in search ofArthur.Stanley's is not able to completely hide his deal with Charlie, and isquickly under pressure from the local town power, Eden Fletcher (DavidWenham) and his own, wife, Martha (Emily Watson), who was friends withthe murdered family, to bring the younger boy to justice quickly andthen make sure both Charlie and Arthur are killed also. There has alsobeen sightings of "rebel" aborigines nearby that Fletcher wants dealtwith, and Martha is desperate to ensure that the upcoming Christmasdinner does not get put off.The Proposition is a film that fails to look at anything with acompletely black and white attitude. The people in the story on bothsides are good and bad, some leaning one way more than others, but theyall possess the attributes of both sides of the equation. CaptainStanley is a believer in the law, and has a desire to "civilize" theterritory, but even he knows that there are all sides to a story, andthat bringing young Mikey to justice will not stop the real evil, andhe questions whether Mikey is even capable of having committed such anact, as he cowers in the corner of the cell at the slightest movementof the guards.It touches on issues of brotherly love, as Charlie reunites withArthur, and wants to save Mikey, and knows that Arthur has gone too farin his brutal activities, but Charlie simply cannot bring himself topull the hammer on another brother. The side story with Martha, tryingto assemble her Christmas dinner, living in a house surrounded by awell-maintained garden, is one element of a greater message containedin The Proposition, the idea that this is a world that cannot be"civilized" and that they are tilting at windmills, clinging to aconcept that simply will not take hold in this brutal, barrenlandscape, and perhaps even, it shouldn't. When Captain Stanleydismisses one of his servants, a local aborigine, he removes his shoesbefore leaving, returning to the world that is, abandoning a dream thatis only contained in this one little space on the map.The Proposition is bathed in the color red, both from blood and theplains illuminated by the sun. The cinematography is impressive,capturing the harsh, stark world these individuals live in. As withmany other modern westerns, it also doesn't shy away from the moreunsavory elements of the time and place. Every character is dirty andunkempt, right down to their teeth, and the omnipresent flies coverpeople everywhere, living and dead.The actor's all do an accomplished job. Pearce is short on words, buthas plenty of presence. Stanley, trapped by circumstance and also hisconscience, is portrayed by Winstone as a man with a constant headache,swallowing power for it often, and also desperate to attempt to keephis from the unpleasant aspects of the world he inhabits. Huston givesArthur the necessary wild edge, but he is also a thoughtful character,able to stop and marvel at the beauty of the world around him. Watsonportrays Martha as a woman trying desperately to hold on to somesemblance of the world she is familiar with, but also not afraid tooccasionally look into her husband's darker world.The Proposition is a film that doesn't offer up any easy resolutions towhat transpires on screen. However, it is worth the effort to watch ifyou like your drama not so cut and dry. It is a harsh tale about harshmen living in a harsh time, and knows that everything cannot be wrappedup so easily. As one character says to the other late in the film "So,what are you going to do now?" If that isn't a comment on any of ourlives at many moments, what is?
vitaleralphlouis (09 May 2012)
Watching Paint Dry -- Down Under
Starved as we are for good westerns, I was anxious for The Proposition,considering the praise from Ebert & Roper and others. Four stars? Bunk!The one thing this movie teaches us is that 150 years ago all theboring people settled in Australia and all the interesting ones settledin the American west. Hmmm! I've been to Australia and we didn't findthe people there to be the least dull. The Proposition is dull, false,pretentious, rotten --- the exact kind of movie that air-headed criticswill be fooled by. This may be a spoiler, but as The Proposition movesalong, it remains every scene as tedious and phony as the openingscenes. This picture is absolutely nothing like Clint Eastwood orSergio Leone. Adding insult to injury, with the curse of DVD's, theannoying and mandatory widescreen format is the only option. Rent orbuy at your own risk.
(08 May 2012)
An Australian western that understands the genre
The Bottom Line:All the best westerns are about the nature of order and justice and The Proposition, while set in the Australian outback rather than the old west, understands this completely and probes these themes well; a film of exceptional (albeit never gratuitous) violence but also one which generates many wonderfully quiet moments with Ray Winstone (good as ever) and his wife Emma Watson, this is quite a little movie.3/4
(06 May 2012)
A Brave Social Critique
The Proposition, written by songwriter, Nick Cave, uses the conventions of the Western genre to wrestle with ideas of good and evil (somewhat standard in the recent strain of revisionist Westerns) but more interestingly, uses the form to also indict the colonialist mission in Australia. The story is set in motion when a lawman bent on capturing three outlaw brothers makes a deal with the middle of the three - bring back the oldest one or the youngest, who he has in custody, will hang. The lawman, played by Ray Winstone, echoes the film's tagline, when he proclaims emphatically "this land will be civilized." Yet the remainder of the film makes it abundantly clear that what the European settlers have brought to the country is a far cry from civilization. The contrast between the worlds of the colonialists and the colonized is effectively evoked in a scene where Ray Winstone's character tells his Aboriginal servant to be on his way as he settles on his porch, rifle in hand, waiting for the inevitably brutal attack from the outlaws that will follow. He wishes the Aboriginal man, "Merry Christmas," at which point the latter removes his shoes and socks at the gate of the yard, returns the good wishes with a hint of irony in his voice and walks away barefoot. The camera lingers on the shoes briefly, letting us know that we are meant to see something beyond the surface in this moment. One interpretation is that the shoes are a connection to "civilization" but in this case, a civilization that doesn't fit into the world it has been introduced to. Later another Aboriginal man, who is serving as a tracker for a group of lawmen, calls attention to the barbarism of the Europeans when he comments to one of the lawmen, "strange mob, you whities," as they observe the remaining members of the troop standing around a tree, trying to urinate on each other. Like Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, which also uses the Western genre to critique the treatment of indigenous people, The Proposition gives a voice to the oppressed and does it in a way that's not merely politically correct. The Proposition is an incredibly violent yet somehow subtle film. Themes are suggested but (excuse the pun) nothing is black and white. Over 100 minutes the moral struggles of its complex characters are explored and time feels like it has passed too quickly. The film's violence feels essential to the narrative for lending verisimilitude but also for adding urgency to the stakes involved for its characters. Not a scene is wasted. The images are lyrical, the visual style, brisk and the cinematography, breathtaking. The casting and performances are all perfect, with Danny Huston and John Hurt being particularly outstanding. This is a brilliant film that's been unjustly ignored, but not surprisingly so, considering its underlying critical stance. Rent, buy or borrow it, but make sure you see it. The DVD extras (interviews with the cast, director and screenwriter) are also excellent, providing valuable insight into the background and themes of the film.
Erniehem2 (06 May 2012)
New Mythological Villain!
Arthur Burns sits perched on the rocks over-looking the Australianrange, staring at the clouds covering the full moon and can smell thedeath and violence in the air; the camera focuses on his eyes while therage builds. The juxtaposition of the next scene blazes as a fire isliterally lit in his hide-out, and suddenly as his horse beats thebarren ground the soundtrack sounds like demons are unleashed. The lostpoetic soul we just saw, discussing the need humanity has for love,famine and family is now the raging demon that crusades across theoutback - and this is the new myth of Arthur Burns. Arthur Burns belongs in the pantheon of greatest and most complexvillains of movie history. This film was perfectly acted, written and shot. The expert eye ofHillcoat has been unmatched in westerns since Eastwood shot Unforgiven.The Proposition has just slid into my number 2 slot of favoritewesterns. The scene described above is just a small sample of themastery that exists in the score and the composition of every shot. Ray Winstone - fast becoming one of my favorite actors. He wasbrilliant in Sexy Beast, and now another script came around writtenwith such poetry that it caters perfectly to Ray's ability.Everyone must see this film.
busdog (30 April 2012)
Overrated, long-winded, lousy acting, melodramatic
Movies like this, which wear this own self-importance on their sleeve,are often mistaken for good. In fact, most of this movie seems likeabout 10 other movies, bits taken here and there as needed. In otherwords, it ain't original. If you want to see a far better version of a'brother Western' see the great The Long Riders. The best thing in thisflick are the flies and Emily Mortimer. Much of the rest of the actingis overdone, clichéd, and hammy (it is among John Hurt's worst) andthat's the fault of the director. David Wenham is downright awful--Ialmost laughed out loud during his scenes. The jailguards are purecliché (can't the writer come up with anything original with them?).The writing is at best mediocre but most of hte time is trulyamateurish. The scenes among the brothers go on and on and arepointless, and there is no sense of their love for one another--andwithout that, there's no tension or 'core' to the movie. Guy Pearce isoften good, but in this flick he is just an empty shadow of himself,with long hair, and looking angry a lot of the time. It isn't hisfault--he is not given any material to work with, and the director isclearly out of his depth. The brothers look at the sun and moon a lotand gawk at it, saying clichés to one another. No one seems to quiteknow what they are doing or why, so there's a lot of standing aroundwaiting for the ending. It is watchable and it is better than pureHollywood blockbusters like Armageddon--but it isn't much better thanthat, and gets plenty tedious at times. Wait for the video and rent itonly if you've really got nothing better to do. Better yet, rent TheLong Riders, The Wild Bunch, or something genuinely good. This flickisn't.
kundalina (29 April 2012)
A haunting and brilliant Australian Western, saturated with murder and poetry
Despite my reservations at Nick Cave's ability to write a sustainingscreenplay, he has crafted a totally authentic and compelling accountof life in Remote Australia some hundred years ago. Hillcoat bringsthis vision delightfully to the screen ,and all the actors arebrilliant, with the possible exception of Wenham, who almost seems onedimensional in his character, and sadly adds some uncertain andcertainly unintentional comic relief. Anyone with a queasy stomach maywant to skip this, but this has only the briefest moments of actual onscreen violence- in fact they are almost subliminal.This is not one that can wait for DVD however. Cave's brilliantsoundtrack (certainly a very worthy purchase) and the gorgeouslandscape of Winton QLD makes for an unforgettable experience, wherethe characters battle the crippling harshness and cruel beauty of theland as much as their own tortured souls and each other.Simply the strongest movie I have seen in a very long time.
(29 April 2012)
One of the best films in 2006.
This review is from: The Proposition (DVD) It's a masterpiece. In the roots of "The Big Country", this one is one of the best westerns I ever seen (even better than "Unforgiven"). Perhaps too raw for some people, but worth the effort to watch it. If you have a great home theatre you'll enjoy twice.
lizzy124 (29 April 2012)
An excellent piece of writing!
I agree with J.S. Bilman from Australia's comments. Even though thefilm was so bloody...so was the time of the action...the acting of GuyPearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston and especially John Hurt were topdrawer! Star turns, indeed. Arguably, it is for the more intelligentaudiences to devour and applaud...a limited U.S. audience, for sure.The grand photography showed us the beautiful side of the desolateAustralian landscape and the aboriginals that inhabit this land. Comewith a strong stomach for violence. Thank you, Nick Cave and JohnHilcoat! Saw this at the WGA West June 3rd where it was applauded! Anaudience of writers certainly appreciate good writing!
poe426 (26 April 2012)
Harshly realistic...
Harsh men are born of a harsh environment; that's a given; but thefellas herein fairly wallow in their harshness. If any one of them (oneither side of The Law) has any redeeming qualities whatsoever, Imissed 'em. There are no "grey" characters (with the possible exceptionof the woman): these are men whose hearts are black as midnight. Thoughthere are instances throughout where the story might've faltered or thefilmmakers balked, that (thankfully) doesn't happen. And the end isin-your-face hardcore. THE PROPOSITION goes that extra yard and doesn'tpunk out. Fantastic film-making. (Did I make mention of the fact thatthe cinematography is gorgeous?) Sergio Leone would have beenimpressed...
Boba_Fett1138 (25 April 2012)
Mostly style over substance but it's still a good movie.
An Australian western. How weird does that sound? Still the atmosphereand nature of Australia seems to fit the genre perfectly. It's a dirty,raw and bleak movie all in one.It's also a movie that's a bit too much aware of its own style. Itoften prefers its artistic and deeper meaning approaches over its truestory. The movie at times definitely feels like its style oversubstance and it prevented me from truly finding this a great movie. Ofcourse westerns are often about its style and atmosphere but this moviedefinitely over does this at times.No, the movie was not as great as I had initially expected it to be. Ithad a more than great concept and enough elements in it to expect thisto be a fresh and original movie. It's still fresh and original all butthe whole package still slightly disappoints.Having said that, "The Proposition" is simply still a good movie towatch. It doesn't have the best written story but the way it's beingtold still makes this a good genre movie. It's of course slow, doesn'talways feature a lot of dialog and features some typical charactersfrom the genre., that all makes this a good watch, especially whenyou're into 'modern' new westerns, such as movies like "Unforgiven","Open Range" and "3:10 to Yuma".The movie has a surprising cast, with mostly Australian actors that arealso well known beyond the boundaries. Best known is of course GuyPearce and John Hurt but it's really Ray Winstone who gives away thebest and most impressive performance of the movie. To me he also wasthe main character and I'm not too sure if the movie would had workedout as well without him.A good and original western from Australia.7/10
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