2014 · adventure · action · revenge
The Dead Lands
Directed by Toa Fraser1h 48m2014
Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the souls of his loved ones after his tribe is slaughtered through an act of treachery. Vastly outnumbered by a band of villains led by Wirepa, Hongi’s only hope is to pass through the feared and forbidden “Dead Lands” and forge an uneasy alliance with a mysterious warrior, a ruthless fighter who has ruled the area for years.
Our read: The Dead Lands (2014) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded adventure · action · revenge entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme adventure / action, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
- cold
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