The Proposition
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.
- Zhanri: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
- Studio: UK Film Council, Surefire Film Productions, Autonomous, Pictures in Paradise, Jackie O Productions, Pacific Film and Television Commission, Film Consortium, National Lottery
- Fjalen: australia, bounty hunter, psychopath, gallows, outlaw, misanthrophy, decapitation, gang, shootout, sadist, brutality, hideout, retribution, flogging, whipping, sunset, australian outback, christmas, 19th century, aborigine, savagery, australian western
- Cast: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, John Hurt, David Wenham, Emily Watson