Average movie with a good cast

Rating: 5/10 (14 May 2018)

This is a movie about a million year old story in a 19th century New Zealand setting. The plot which is predictable and dull, progresses with a very slow pace and nothing really interesting happens. The dialogs are scarce... well, for the obvious reason. On the positive side, the cast is strong and acting is good. The annoyingly indirect narrative is one of an artsy crowd pleaser with full of symbolism, which pretentiously attempts to cover plot holes of the story turning around 3 unlikable characters and a kid who merely acts as a messenger. In all this travesty, Maori folks are used as a room decoration. Harvey Keitel strikes again baring his butts and genitals for no apparent purpose. This whole mess is certainly a good consumption material for the artsy fartsy crowd who'd go rapturous to tell how much handy-dandy this flick is and decipher its subliminal messages. In reality, it is downright a borefest, although a certain quality cannot be denied owing to the nice scenery.