AdventureYear2021Duration1h 56mIMDb6.4

The Furnace

AdventureDramaHistory

To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.

Trailer

Cast

Roderick MacKay

Director

Ahmed Malek

Hanif

Baykali Ganambarr

Woorak

Kaushik Das

Jundah

Noah Skape

Younger Man

AH

Andrew Hale

Older Man

David Wenham

Mal

Samson Coulter

Trooper Sam

Erik Thomson

Corporal Briggs

GB

Graham Boyce

Prospector

Jay Ryan

Sergeant Shaw

Steve McCall

Trooper Fergal

Wakarra Gondarra

Mandu

PJ

Peter Jones

Mandu's Son

GS

Gregory Shar

Juney

LC

Latrell Curley

Boolgie

Trevor Jamieson

Coobering

SC

Sean Choolburra

The Tracker

Goran D. Kleut

Yates

Roderick MacKay

Writer

Comments

10 Comments

ayesharusNov 22, 2022

The ingredients are rich: in the 19th century outback, aboriginals, prospectors, Chinese, cameleers (uniformly referred to as Afghans even though they come from many Middle Eastern cultures), graziers, peddlers, Moslems, Hindus, troopers, and station hands negotiate wary relations. A hardbitten prospector has stolen gold in his possession and needs to find a way to legitimise it. He falls in with a cameleer and they trek across the desert to escape the law and other criminals in pursuit. This is an outback thriller trying to be a deep and meaningful arthouse excursion. The slow pace eventually becomes tedious and a couple of plot glitches irritate. Talented actors work hard and turn in excellent performances, but they are fighting the director.

𝓢𝓸𝓯𝓲𝓪 🌿Nov 22, 2022

Nails epic western tone ... in Australia! Haven't felt such a punch in the guts since Samson And Delilah. Wenham is off his chops in this one. It's all internal but it rips. His costar's naïveté strikes the perfect balance. This summer's sleeper hit. I had no idea it was gonna be that good. Maybe I should see it a second time to make sure. Big screen viewing is a must.

َِNov 22, 2022

As an Aussie we are better at exporting actors than making films here, sadly. Or so its been for a fair while, until now.... For me the last 2 great Aussie films go Samson & Delilah, then The water Diviner...and now, this....

lizasoberanoNov 22, 2022

An excellent Aussie Gold Rush adventure full of suspense and action!

Chloé Warrisse MtgNov 22, 2022

Very disappointing vehicle for the talent of David Wenham. The premise of the story was so promising but the execution was painfully slow and the use of different languages without any subtitling rendered it frustrating and largely pointless. Added to that there was a distinct lack of continuity in places which added to the confusion. Don't bother.

Radhiyyah LalaNov 22, 2022

Captivating from the first few minutes. A must for all who already know this part of Australia's history and a must for those who don't. Brilliant cast, beautifully shot and superb acting. So many paralells with our country today. A movie not easily forgotten.

Gerson MVPNov 22, 2022

The basic story has been done many times in an endless number of westerns. Lots of cliches and tropes weaved together in like a very poor man's The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The difference here is that it is set in Australia and seems to be trying to weave in an array of 'diversity' with the ethnicities of the characters but the acting is poor and you'd have to have been born yesterday (or be madly woke) to consider this anything other than a b-grade movie.

_JuKu_Nov 22, 2022

Highly recommend everybody watches it on the big screen!

Teezyborotho❤Nov 22, 2022

I could not even describe this as a slow burner. I watched it till the end because I thought it would get better but sadly it did not. I would rather have watched a silent cowboy film.

Amin AdamsNov 22, 2022

I loved the narrative, culture and heritage we all Australians share. A great work from the Director and the team. Watch and learn about amazing Australian story.

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