Film about some
humble village folk whose way of life, and actual lives, are under threat from
some property developers who want to develop property, I assume. Or drill for
oil. Or just kill them or something.
Anyway, the villagers
speak of some deity who lives in the nearby river who will come to their aid
when things are at there worse.
Sure enough, some
nameless, short slim chap waddles out of the water and into their village. He
may or may not be the saviour they are hoping for. He certainly takes a novel
approach to helping them when, as the baddies turn up that night and it kicks
off, he stays hidden while a number of innocents die.
He does, eventually,
help the remaining oppressed grow a collective pair and leads them to a
conclusive confrontation with the baddies.
Film's been described
as a western set in a jungle, which is pretty fair, paralells with High Plains
Drifter being the most obvious, in particular the 'not of this place' origins
of the nameless hero.
Worth seeing just for
the visuals alone, it's a beautiful film to look at, and the story's not too
bad either.
7.48/10
Perkin.
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