The Proposition Review

The Proposition (2006)

Dir. John Hillcoat

Starring: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, John Hurt

Guy Pearce is Charlie Burns, and member of a gang that is captured and then released by Captain Stanley (Ray Winston), who wants Charlie to kill his older brother Arthur Burns (Danny Huston) in order to save the life of his younger brother, as part of Stanley’s quest to civilize Austrailia.

Quigley Down Under Review

Quigley Down Under (1990)

Dir. Simon Wincer

Starring: Tom Selleck, Alan Rickman, Laura San Giacomo

Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck) arrives in Australia answering a wanted ad for long range sharpshooters.  After meeting an unstable American named Cora (Laura San Giacomo) and learning that the man hiring him, Elliot Marston (Alan Rickman) wants him to use his skills to kill the aborigines. This does not sit well with Quigley, who takes up the fight for the natives.