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Summary
In 1860s New Zealand, a young Irish woman desperately trying to find her son finds herself caught on both sides of the lines during the wars between Māori tribes and the British colonial army.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 53GoodWatch 54
IMDb5.9
Audience score46%
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for adventure movies, +11 min on the typical 103
typical 103114Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2005
September 12, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
AdventureWarLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMāoriMade in
New Zealand- United Kingdom
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 33
Samantha MortonSarah O'Brien
Kiefer SutherlandDoyle
Cliff CurtisWiremu
Stephen ReaFrancis
Temuera MorrisonTe Kai Po
Wi Kuki KaaOld Rangi
Anton LesserBaine
Mark RukaHone
Barry Te HiraTe Kai Po Lead Warrior- RPRawiri PeneBoy
- MHMikaila HutchinsonYoung Sarah
- TRTyson RewetiTommy Boy
- GPGrayson PutuYoung Wiremu
- NPNathan PassfieldBoy (7 years)
- LCLaura Coyte DouglasTheresa
- JRJulie RanginuiOld Puhi
- NCNoa CampbellKura
- BLBrandon LakshmanTimoti
- WMWarwick MorehuTe Kai Po Lead Warrior
- TKThomas KiwiTe Kai Po Lead Warrior
- BPBill PeneTe Kai Po Elder
- KFKayte FergusonTangamoko
- NNNancy Ngaiwaiwera TurangaTe Manawanui
Glen DrakeColonial Recruit
Directing · 13
- Vincent Ward Director, Writer
- Betty Fotofili Third Assistant Director
- Paul Grinder Second Unit Director
- Rachael Boggs Second Assistant Director
- James Manttan Third Assistant Director
- Jonathan Hawke Third Assistant Director
Writing · 5
- Toa Fraser Writer
- Shane Connaughton Writer
- Kely Lyons Script Editor, Screenplay
- Louis Nowra Script Editor
- Walter Donohue Script Consultant
Production · 12
- James D. Stern Executive Producer
- Eric Watson Executive Producer
- Geoff Dixon Executive Producer
- Neil Peplow Executive Producer
- Don Reynolds Producer
- Chris Auty Producer
Camera · 5
- Alun Bollinger Director of Photography
- Roger Feenstra First Assistant Camera
- Rewa Harre Camera Operator
- Kirsty Griffin Still Photographer
- Angus Ward Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Ewa J. Lind Editor
Sound · 12
- Karl Jenkins Music
- Peter Baldock Supervising Sound Editor
- Paul Cotterell Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Nick Baldock Sound Editor
- Graham Morris Production Sound Mixer
- Ruth Sullivan Foley Artist
Art · 3
- Rick Kofoed Production Design
- Gareth Tansey Title Designer
- Shayne Radford Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 11
- Barbara Darragh Costume Design
- Jacqui Leung Makeup Artist
- Catherine Maguire Makeup Artist
- Annette Hardy Makeup Artist
- Frankie Karena Makeup Artist
- Dianne Ensor Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- George Port Visual Effects Supervisor
- Howard Watkins Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 3
- Tim Wong Stunt Coordinator
- Augie Davis Stunt Coordinator
- Paul Verrall Special Effects Coordinator
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