The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Jonathan auf der HeideDirector
- Oscar ReddingScreenplay
- Jethro WoodwardOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan auf der HeideScreenplay
Cast
- Oscar ReddingAlexander Pearce
- Arthur AngelRobert Greenhill
- Paul AshcroftMatthew Travers
- Mark Leonard WinterAlexander Dalton
- Torquil NeilsonJohn Mathers
- Thomas M. WrightThomas Bodenham
- Greg StoneWilliam Kennerly
- John Francis HowardLittle Brown
- Matt WilsonDuty Soldier
- Adrian MulraneyLogan
- Ben PlazzerSoldier in boat
- Jonathan auf der HeideSoldier in boat