2005 · western · drama
The Proposition
Directed by John Hillcoat1h 44m2005
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
Our read: The Proposition (2005) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded western · drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme western / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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