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      Bad Blood

      1981 1h 44m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 70% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Based on actual events, this film follows paranoid and gun-obsessed dairy farmer Stan Graham (Jack Thompson) and his eccentric wife, Dorothy (Carol Burns), as they struggle in New Zealand with the economic troubles of World War II. When ordered to surrender his guns to help with the local war effort, Stan shoots several constables and escapes into the wild. As Stan evades the law and their Maori trackers, his psychological state puts several more innocent people in harms way. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member True story of a WW2 era mass shooting in rural New Zealand. Farmer Stanley Graham (Jack Thompson) is struggling financially, and when local authorities try to repossess his rifle for the war effort it sets off a sequence of events that result in a mass shooting, and a massive manhunt through local bushland. Graham's wife Dorothy is portrayed in the least sympathetic light possible. The film shows her participating in the shooting of a policeman, which was never proved. Her character is also irritating to the extreme. She has a huge persecution complex and is literally never nice to anyone outside her immediate family. Stan is portrayed with more sympathy, though they both come off as unhinged gun nuts. The version I watched was in 4:3 aspect ratio, so I imagine that some of the grandeur of the scenery was lost. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw this movie years ago. Not really my genre, the psychopathic killer running around the paddock killing people, but in this case the acting & character development was very good, and the scenery stunning as only NZ could be. Jack Thompson was great. I think the best movie I've seen from NZ. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Based on actual events, this film follows paranoid and gun-obsessed dairy farmer Stan Graham (Jack Thompson) and his eccentric wife, Dorothy (Carol Burns), as they struggle in New Zealand with the economic troubles of World War II. When ordered to surrender his guns to help with the local war effort, Stan shoots several constables and escapes into the wild. As Stan evades the law and their Maori trackers, his psychological state puts several more innocent people in harms way.
      Director
      Mike Newell
      Producer
      Al Burgess, Mark Shivas
      Production Co
      Southern Pictures, New Zealand Film Commission
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 12, 2018
      Runtime
      1h 44m
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