Utu is the Maori word for “Retribution,” which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in the 1870s, the film details the exigencies of British Colonial rule. A Maori scout, Te Wheke (Anzac Wallace), stumbles across a native village that has been destroyed in a British raid. Since it is the scout’s own village, he deserts the British army, the better to seek “utu.” Leading a vigilante force consisting of his fellow Maoris, Te Wheke kills as many British settlers as he can get his hands on. The feverish conviction of his crusade is in stark contrast to the attitudes of the British, who seem more concerned with material possessions than with human beings. Popular down under star Bruno Lawrence is cast as a vengeance-driven settler who makes it his personal mission in life to end Te Wheke’s reign of terror.

Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival 1983

In a colonial New Zealand torn apart by the Land Wars, a Maori warrior and a colonial settler set out to seek vengeance for the massacre of their families.

Released in 1983, this powerful epic was Geoff Murphy’s third feature – after “Wild Man” and “Goodbye Pork Pie”. Focussed around the dynamic performances of screen veteran Bruno Lawrence and newcomer Anzac Wallace, Utu mines a painful and violent period of New Zealand history with unparalleled energy, humour and compassion.

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https://nitro.download/view/719102D70DB1011/Utu.Redux.1983.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv
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https://tezfiles.com/file/8955ffa70e3d3/Utu.Redux.1983.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:Maori,English
Subtitles:English hardcoded for Maori parts only

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Smash Palace concerns itself with the marriage of former racing driver Al (Bruno Lawrence, The Quiet Earth) and French-born Jacqui (Anna Jemison, Nomads). The pair had met when she nursed him back to health following a career-ending injury. They married, returned to Al s native New Zealand to take over his late father s wrecking yard business the Smash Palace of the title and had a child. But over time stagnation has set in, Jacqui s resentment of Al has grown, and things are threatening to spill over…

Premiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Smash Palace was Roger Donaldson’s second feature following the success of Sleeping Dogs, a film which had heralded the arrival of the New Zealand New Wave.

2.59GB | 1h 47m | 1024×554 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9BA63B6914D500D/Smash.Palace.1981.576p.Blu-ray.AAC.2.0.x264-SaL.mkv https://nitro.download/view/5603CD321AF5E6D/The.Making.of.Smash.Palace.576p.Blu-ray.AAC.2.0.x264-SaL.mkv

Language(s):English+commentary
Subtitles:English SDH

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