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This movie is basically like a romance novel. I suspect that women will give it rave reviews although it isn't very realistic, but it is entertaining and draws the viewer in. It basically starts out like a western then turns into a war movie and then ends with a feel good happy ending. The bad guy gets taken out and the good guys win and find love and happiness. Along the way there is plenty of action and the male lead shows up just in time to save the day for the lady at least three times. The settings are great and the actors fit their roles, so if you want an entertaining action romance movie with a feel good ending give this one a view.
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Features Actors:Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman,Bryan Brown,David Wenham & Brandon Walters Running Time:165 Min. Rating: PG-13 Nicole Kidman is Lady Sarah Ashley, a cash-strapped aristocrat who suspects her bush-hopping husband is up to no good in Australia, and flies down to confront him. Her driver from the city to the ranch is Drover (Hugh Jackman), an independent contractor of sorts that Lady Ashley convinces to stay on board after she discovers her husband has been murdered by an Aborigine tribesman and her ranch hand, Neil Fletcher (David Wenham), is a mole for local cattle baron King Carney (Bryan Brown). Carney wants Lady Ashley’s land, but Fletcher just wants revenge, and neither is above exploiting the welfare of Ashley’s mixed-race “creamer” boy Nullah (Brandon Walters) in order to get her to knuckle under. (Mixed-race children were separated from society at the time as a means of keeping the blood lines pure.) But Lady Ashley proves to be a ferocious competitor, winning the hearts of Australia’s more free-spirited elite, and ultimately the love of the loveless Drover.The military's buying cattle in Darwin, but with the foreman gone, Sarah isn't going to get her herd there, at least not without the help of Drover (Hugh Jackman, Van Helsing), a drover (naturally), and the rest of the station hands, including a surprisingly adept Nullah.Sarah's troubles aren't over when the cattle reach Darwin, though. She has to deal with the treacherous Fletcher and authorities who want to take Nullah away. Meanwhile, Japanese planes are headed for Darwin. That’s when World War II arrives on their doorstep. A must see in the land down under!Great acting, the little boy Nullah in this film will steal your heart and also gives an amazing performance.Hope this helps you decide.Thanks for reading! :)Read full review
If you have not watched this movie, you need to. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman both play excellent roles. The movie is filled with action, excitement, love, passion and set in the beautiful background of Australia. This is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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Now that all the hype about Baz Luhrmann’s film 'Australia' has died down, maybe we can get to actually focussing on what the movie 'Australia' is really like! For me it was an amazing movie with some of the most incredible cinematography of the Australian Outback that I have ever seen - and I have been there!!! 'Australia' is a powerful and somehow mystical movie that will stay with you for a very long time. All you have to do is let the film take you and lead you through its wonderful story and extraordinary scenes and you will be delighted by the experience of it all.
The movie begins in 1939, just as World War II is getting underway and Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia to bring home the husband she hasn't seen in an unspecified length of time. Lord Ashley has been developing a stock ranch, Faraway Downs, which is encircled on three sides by the holdings of local beef baron "King" Carney (Bryan Brown), and he turns up dead--supposedly murdered by an aboriginal shaman known as King George--on the very day Sarah arrives. When she realizes that her husband's station manager Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) isn't quite what he claims to be, she fires him, then finds herself crewless and teams up with rough-and-ready Great War veteran Drover (Hugh Jackman) and his two aboriginal riders, Ivan and Magarri (the latter in fact the brother of Drover's late wife) plus a ragtag trail crew--her Chinese cook, an aboriginal woman, a hard-drinking accountant, and King George's 10-year-old half-caste grandson Nalla (Brandon Walters)--to get 1500 head of cattle to the port of Darwin. If she can succeed, she'll nail down a hefty Government beef contract--but Fletcher first stampedes her cattle, then poisons the waterholes on her route. Now the only chance Sarah & Co. have is to drive across the Never-Never desert, guided by King George. Of course they succeed, and thereby hangs the first climactic scene. Then the story shifts from Western/romance to war story/drama as Sarah and Drover struggle to reconcile with each other's very different personalities and priorities, keep Nalla out of the hands of the government assimilation program, and survive the Japanese air attack that follows the Pearl Harbor tragedy--and hence the second. If you enjoy a movie with a believable story, good acting and beautiful location settings, this is your movie. It is well worth your time.Read full review
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