The Proposition (2006)

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Rating: R
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Running Time: 104 mins.
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: Australia
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Charlie Burns is a renegade living in the lawless frontier who, along with his two brothers Mikey and Arthur, is wanted for rape and murder. When local law enforcer Captain Stanley captures Charlie and Mikey, he offers Charlie a bleak choice in an attempt to end the brutality that surrounds them: the only way to save his younger brother Mikey from the gallows is to track down and kill Arthur, his psychotic older brother, who Captain Stanley believes to be the ringleader in the violence. Both men face an impossible moral dilemma that leads to a murderous climax.
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Martha Stanley
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Mike Burns
Brian O'Leary
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Despite its ultra-violent content, this graphic revenge tale boasts a stellar cast, strong script and dead-on direction, successfully carving out its own niche in the crowded world of shoot 'em up Westerns.

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Writer/musician Nick Cave's story transports us right into the gritty world of the 1880's Australian Outback, where the current residents of this unforgiving land live in daily fear of the savage Burns Brother's gang. It is after an intense gun battle that Captain Stanley (Ray… Continued