The Proposition

is being marketed as a quaint, poetic Australian film set in colonial times, with script penned and soundtrack yodeled by crooner Nick Cave.

It is in fact a gritty, violent western, set in the darkest depiction of colonial Australia ever printed to film. Do not see this film with a girl. I went with my wife, who chose it, and I thought it was going to be a bit gay. Instead it's harrowing. It will go down as an important Australian film, and will get a lot of attention overseas, which is good as the Aus film industry needs all the help it can get.

The guns are LOUD, like they would be in reality, and the performances are fantastic. I really liked this film. Nick Cave is a wanker, but if you like Westerns, particularly darker grittier ones, you will love this. You have been warned, if you take a girl, brace yourself for gore, and do not expect to get any grope action going in the cinema, because she will be busy watching the film from between her fingers and whimpering.