Summaries

A New Zealand man recently estranged from his family gets unwittingly caught up in a revolution.

Recluse Smith (Sam Neill) is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between leftist guerillas and the New Zealand government. Implicated in a murder and framed as a revolutionary conspirator, Smith tries to avoid violence while caught between warring sides.—Mike Welsch <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • civil war
  • dystopian future
  • fascism
  • fascist government
  • speculative fiction
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Drama
Release date Jul 12, 1978
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin New Zealand
Language English Maori
Filming locations Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
Production companies New Zealand Film Commission Aardvark Films Broadbank Investments

Box office

Budget $450000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 47m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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