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The Proposition
🎬 Movie

The Proposition

2005 · 104 min Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller Western
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film doesn't pretend to be about anything other than action — and that's an honest position. The director constructs scenes with a feel for space, pace, and rhythm.

If you love the genre — this is a solid specimen. If you're indifferent to action — there's nothing extraordinary here to convert you.

Good choice for group viewing when you want to watch rather than think.

Director: John Hillcoat

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Big screen, decent sound. This is cinema that should sound loud and fill the room.

🎭 Cast

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Charlie Burns

Ray Winstone

Ray Winstone

Captain Morris Stanley

Danny Huston

Danny Huston

Arthur Burns

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Martha Stanley

David Wenham

David Wenham

Eden Fletcher

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson

Mike Burns

John Hurt

John Hurt

Jellon Lamb

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Brian O'Leary

Robert Morgan

Robert Morgan

Sergeant Lawrence

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Jeremy Madrona

Asian Prostitute

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