Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. Jay must bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
australia corruption detective missing person outback australian aboriginal neo-noir western noir australian western
Nate H. reviewed Goldstone (2016)
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I wasn't a huge fan of Mystery Road, the movie which Goldstone is the sequel to. I did feel it had a lot of potential however with a good setting for crime noir in outback Australia and an equally interesting protagonist in Aboriginal police officer Jay Swan.
Goldstone continues to highlight that director Ivan Sen knows how to shoot a movie, capturing the rugged beauty of the outback with stunning shots. The setting becomes a character in itself, the isolation of the universe Swan lives in breathing and exhaling from his quiet tough guy demeanor.
When Jay shows up in a tiny mining town to look into a missing girl, he is soon under everyone's radar including the local constable, a shady mine boss, and the greasy mayor. His only ally seems to be a local elder who seems to know more about Jay then Jay does and as events play out, its equal parts a study in what made Jay into the outcast he is as well as what happened to the subject of his investigation. It makes for an interesting spin on the genre, even if it stumbles at times with wtf moments.
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