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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Māori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Geoff MurphyDirector
- Keith AberdeinWriter
- Geoff MurphyWriter
Cast
- Anzac WallaceTe Wheke
- Bruno LawrenceWilliamson
- Tim ElliottCol. Elliot
- Kelly JohnsonLt. Scott
- Wi Kuki KaaWiremu
- Ilona RodgersEmily
- Merata MitaMatu
- Faenza ReubenHersare
- John BachBelcher
- Tom PoataPuni
- Tania BristoweKura
- Martyn SandersonVicar
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Themes
new zealand