Proposition, The
Director: John Hillcoat
IMDB Rating: 7.50 out of 10 (7378 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 gang’s mastermind, remains at large has and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley’s 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.
Movie tags: 1880s - animal-killing - attempted-rape - australia - beaten-to-death - betrayal - bitten-hand - blood - blood-splatter - bounty-hunter - brother-brother-relationship - brutality - christmas - corpse - death - decapitation - disturbing - drunk-scene - exploding-head - family - flies - fratricide - gore - graphic-violence - head-blown-off - husband-wife-relationship - impalement - injustice - irish - jailbreak - knife - loss-of-brother - mass-killing - melancholy - murder - outlaw - pistol-whip - poetry - police-officer-killed - pregnant-woman-murdered - prostitute - psychological-abuse - psychopath - public-execution - racial-slur - racism - racist-comment - rape - revenge - sadist - severed-head - shootout - shot-in-the-arm - shot-in-the-chest - shot-in-the-foot - shot-in-the-forehead - shot-in-the-head - shot-in-the-neck - shot-in-the-shoulder - shot-in-the-stomach - shot-to-death - shotgun - skull-crushing - slaughter - slave - stabbed-in-the-chest - stabbed-to-death - torture - tragedy - violent-movie - whip - Budge Tom - Samuel Stote - Pearce Guy - Charlie Burns - Watson Emily - Martha Stanley - Winstone Ray - Captain Stanley - Wenham David - Eden Fletcher - Hurt John - Jellon Lamb - Wilson Richard - Mike Burns - Morgan Robert - Sgt Lawrence - John Hillcoat -
Taglines: 1: This land will be civilized.
Actors: Budge Tom (Samuel Stote), Pearce Guy (Charlie Burns), Watson Emily (Martha Stanley), Winstone Ray (Captain Stanley), Wenham David (Eden Fletcher), Hurt John (Jellon Lamb), Wilson Richard (Mike Burns), Morgan Robert (Sgt Lawrence),
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