Mystery Road

Great to see an exciting newAustralian film on the horizon. If you like the sound of a western style thriller, with an enigmatic cop hero at the centre of a murder mystery, shot in the great Australian outback then Mystery Road is your kind of show. It got quite a rap last week from David and Margaret (At The Movies) and has been chosen as the opening night movie at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival.

From one of Australia’s most acclaimed directors Ivan Sen (Beneath Clouds, Toomelah)  Mystery Road stars Aaron Pedersen as Jay, an Indigenous detective who returns to his outback hometown to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.

Alienated from both the white dominated police force and his own community, Jay quickly finds himself out of his depth but steely in his determination to fight back for his town and his people.

Mystery Road’s all-star cast also includes Ryan Kwanten, Jack Thompson, Tasma Walton, Damien Walshe-Howling, Zoe Carides, Robert Mammone, Samara Weaving and Roy Billing.

In cinemas from October 17.