UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Geoff Murphy
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Actor: Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, John Bach, Kelly Johnson, Tim ElliottDirector: Geoff Murphy
Host: CategoryArthouse
Host: CategoryAustralia
Host: Festival Fantasporto Awards
Host: film movie Foreign
Host: film movie New Zealand
Producer: UTU
DVD: Region Code 4
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Director's Cut, Import, PAL, Widescreen
Running Time: 120 unknown-units
Audience Rating: Unrated
Movie Reviews of UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Movie Review: New Zealand - Last of its Mohicans
Summary: 5 Stars
More than a century ago New Zealand, or Aotearoa as the Maori people call it, went through the Maori Wars when the British authority attempted to enforce its control there. New Zealand was and still is the only former British colony taken by treaty and not by force. The story is about the Maori people and their plight for justice in an Imperial system. Its about honour and the preservation of traditional ways of life. Although the characters are largely ficticious there is no ficticous dipiction of traditional hakas or the subtitled sections of Maori language. Anyone who can understand the point of view of native peoples wishing to preserve their society will find merit in this film.
From a cinematic perspective, its an old film. Some of the scene transitions might not make sense to persons who have not spent much time in New Zealand or among Maori. Understand that the term Utu translates to "consequences". But it means more the consequences of your specific actions.
I lived there for a fair spell of time. The Maori are a noble if not troubled people there on the edge of the world.
Utu is an incredible film which captures the spirit and the power of the Maori people. Frankly, they are the best people in New Zealand if not the South Pacific.
Summary of UTU [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene Access, Uncut, SYNOPSIS: In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.-Utu is the Maori word for 'Retribution,' which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in the 1870s, the film details the exigencies of British Colonial rule. A Maori scout Anzac Wallace stumbles across a native village that has been destroyed in a British raid. Since it is the scout's own village, he deserts the British army, the better to seek 'utu.' Leading a vigilante force consisting of his fellow Maoris, Wallace kills as many British settlers as he can get his hands on. The feverish conviction of Wallace's crusade is in stark contrast to the attitudes of the British, who seem more concerned with material possessions than with human beings. Popular 'down under' star Bruno Lawrence is cast as a vengeance-driven settler who makes it his personal mission in life to end Wallace's reign of terror. The most expensive New Zealand-filmed project to date, Utu was an enormous success upon its first domestic release; the American version runs some 15 minutes shorter than the original.SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Fantasporto Awards, ...UTU
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