Love Aaron Petersen , he delivers the goods as a country indigenous detective, Mystery Road , gives viewers an insight of how the law operates in regional Australia, I be surprised if there isn't an issue with alcohol ,drugs ,depression and isolation , affecting many., in this community it seems like it's on" life support." In my opinion this film should be used at schools , as education is the way out for kids. Jake , played by Aaron Petersen reflects this in real life as he is also a journalist ,an excellent actor Thank you

Complete waste of my time. I usually love 'down under' movies but this one left me so confused that I had to Goggle: 'Mystery Road explained' to make any sense of the ending. That wasn't because of the accents but because of the plot/action. If you don't agree with me count the number of shots were exchanged between the characters at the end and somehow our 'hero' and his vehicle escaped death/damage.

A slow-burn old school Western that eschews out and out violence in favour of weaving a tapestry of conspiracy, corruption and murder, Mystery Road follows an Aboriginal detective, who asks so many questions that it might make a fun, or possibly fatal drinking game. The central story revolves around the quest to solve a murder, which is pretty typical fare in a film like this, but the steady way it unfolds, as well as the social commentary it works in, keeps things compelling and unpredictable. You start to feel like our lead is one person against the world, working in a small town where bad things are ignored or dismissed for fear of rocking the boat, and where the most unscrupulous characters can get away with the worst crimes if they just do them out of sight. Hugo Weaving plays the kind of character who you can never get a handle on, and it gives his scenes with our lead an extra edge. The film builds to a tense climax, and the movies lack of music helps to emphasise the isolated feel of an Ozzy town. It's pace might put some people off, but for those who are willing to soak in the atmosphere and story, it's a very underrated flick.

Exceptional modern day western set in the remote and rugged yet stunning outback of Australia.

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Very slow-moving. Great acting. Realistic, just not much action till the end. C+

Film was great. Hoping to also see the tv series.

Typical detective story with familiar themes, but very well written and acted. The dreary landscape is unrelenting but interesting.

Spoilers: Pedersen is a find, a man with a plan, a man with a backbone, an Aboriginal man from the dusty, flat, flies-buzzing Outback of Queensland, Australia, a police detective "doing my job." What this has in common with stories of the American West is the economy of words, the codes used, the Aussie jargon, they don't say much, but every word counts. They say "no worries" as if everything is fine, but all know it is code for you better worry. Wild dogs represent the savage nature all around them, making for propensity for drug use, drinking, ennui and despair. And when he interviews a white guy with a record who calls him an Abo and threatens to shoot him, there is that racial animosity hanging there like the dust, as it is no compliment. Even Aborigines don't much like him, one outlaw asking: How do you sleep at night arresting your own? But as he tries to find the killer of an Aborigine teen girl found dead near Mystery Road, the cop structure keeps warning him to stop. But he keeps trudging on, as this simmers, never stalls, lead by lead and clue by clue, the slow burn leading him to some sort of gunfight at OK Corral that we all see coming. The dead girl is just a symptom of a large gang of drug dealers prostituting adolescent girls, and our boy gets to it -- they even call him Jay-boy, also not a racial compliment. He lives alone, with a wife and daughter gone, but nearby. When the cop sarge warns him he could be setting off "not just the death of a few dark girls but an all out war," Jay tells him in the line of the movie: "Some are already in an all-out war." Social commentary on a discriminatory Aussie society, and a bang-up story of an indigenous cop who does the job, risking it all. At the end, Jay drives home and there are his wife and daughter, looking to him for something, everything. They just gaze at each other, say nothing, as the sun fades on nature, of wild animals and corrupt and brutal white men. The three of them have each other in the moment, maybe all they need.

A mystery in Australia. A slow pace but going somewhere to a resolution. Petersen did believable and stunning job. Good supporting cast. Nasty criminals end up on wrong side of Mystery Road.

Powerful exploration of identity and violence in a remote community, half of which seems to suffer from poverty and neglect, the other half of which seems to be neck deep in neocolonial impunity, using noir and Western tropes ... felt a little bit like Lone Star in Australia. Some of the mysteries are left unraveled to an extent that is unusual for a film in this general corner of genres. This was certainly engaging and probably a touch of realism, but I'm left unsure whether I think it is a bit of sloppy filmmaking or a meta reflection on the mattering of Aboriginal lives and the ubiquity of corruption in this setting.

There is a gritty authenticity to this film that holds the attention of the audience. There was an authenticity to the Indigenous characters, the place that they hold and the racial tension that surrounds them. It has a slow-burning plot while upholding a sense of tension and suspense. However, the ending was not satisfying. I was not expecting a "Hollywood ending" as gritty films don't always follow this formula, but I was expecting it to be clear and satisfying to the audience. A greater amount of detail and plot development was needed for this ending to be satisfactory.

Excellent cast. Great atmosphere. Plot a bit cliched as are characters -- the familiar smart female police chief/detective paired with rogue male law enforcement guy who is of course divorced and alienated from his daughter. But you wind up caring about them.

Slow building up until you got to the slow ending. I can't understand the 92% from professional critics.

Mystery Road is a Western neo-noir set in the Australian Outback that is beautifully shot but thin on story. Mystery Road tells the story of an indigenous detective who returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl. Now I genuinely thought the premise was great. The idea of a protagonist looking for justice in a corrupt world dealing with obstacles at every turn in an environment where racial discrimination runs rampant reminded me of Django Unchained (2012). The film is boldly making social commentary of the racial tensions & sexist discrimination that can be found in rural communities. The slow pacing creates the atmosphere of a realistic depiction of rural Australian towns. Aaron Pedersen's performance as the laconic, white hat hero is the highlight of the movie. If he played it another way it most likely would not work. Hugo Weaving is awesome & menacing as a morally ambiguous policeman. The biggest praise I can give that it really is a beautiful looking movie. The color palettes & cinematography demands this should be seen on a big screen. The main reason I am giving this movie a soft recommend is that story details are thin. I thought the through line between the inciting incident & the end of the film wasn't warranted but I was thinking maybe that was the point the director was trying to make. That in a world so corrupt unjustifiable things will happen. If you have seen this movie I would like to get your thoughts. If you haven't it's streaming now.

Depends far too much on moody suggestion. Doesn't deliver. A western re-do that wrings the gritty realism until it gags. You've got to do more than imply depth and meaning, you've got to show it. Muddled plot.The shoot-out is a joke. Could've been a bit of cimematic art but the movie takes itself too seriously for that. A shame, because great visuals and excellent use of drones. Could have been a great movie but depends far too much on tropes. Last shot is so corny you could see the sauce dripping off the sunset.

When a slow-born mystery becomes tedious and you don't care about the mystery anymore, you don't really mind not to find out who-did-it. I don't leave many films unfinished, but this is one.

Aaron Pedersen plays an outback New South Wales detective named Jay Swan who faces racism and a community in crisis as the only Indigenous cop on the force. When a young girl turns up murdered, his investigation (hamstrung by racism and a lack of interest from his sergeant) leads him to a drug ring. Hugo Weaving plays the head of the drug squad, who may or may not be corrupt - he certainly seems dodgy (played with typical finesse by Weaving). He also implies that Swan does not have his own house in order - he is estranged from his wife, now seemingly addicted to booze and pokies, and his teenage daughter may be involved in drugs and possible prostitution. Needless to say, Pedersen plays the character as extremely tense and gruff. I'm not sure he smiles at any point in the film. The script infers that he is stuck in the middle, prosecuting people from his culture on behalf of the whitefellas in control - and some of the residents of the town, both black and white, treat him as a pariah. It's a lonely film noir-ish existence (albeit in a "western" setting). Although Pedersen and Weaving are solid, minor characters don't always seem to have the same acting chops - and the screenplay spends too much time having actors deliver exposition, rather awkwardly. I confess I didn't quite follow the final machinations of the plot (which may be the result of too little attention paid to some of the nondescript baddies). Yet the cinematography looks great and some of the dusty outback locations are scenic (but would you want to live there?); some valuable glimpses (if not insights) into a suffering community are also on offer. Later this spawned a sequel and then a 온라인카지노추천 mini-series, where it probably would fit best, since the cop drama is a tried and true genre on the small screen.

This is really tedious, there's slow burning but this is barely smouldering. There's some basically very standard police procedural going on here but by the time you get to the showdown ending I'd checked out and didn't really know or care who was involved or why.

One of the best Australian western/crime dramas ever.