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Synopsis: In an outback town, Jay Swan, an Indigenous cowboy detective, returns home to solve the murder of a teenage Indigenous girl whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Jay is alienated from both the white-dominated police force and the Indigenous community, including his teenage daughter, whom he discovers is connected to the murdered girl. Starring Aaron Pedersen, Hugo Weaving, Jack Thompson, Ryan Kwanten, and Tasma Walton, MYSTERY ROAD is a gripping murder mystery with a cultural perspective.
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Ivan Sen
Production: Well Go USA, Inc.
  9 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
NOT RATED
Year:
2013
121 min
Website
1,692 Views


officially reported.

Yeah, well, I wanna put a sting

on the truck drivers.

We'll put a young girl

out on the highway...

and we'll get a pool of suspects.

Where am I gonna get

the men for that?

What makes you think you're

looking for a truckie?

Come on, Sarge, this sh*t

has to be cleaned up anyway.

One war at a time, Jay.

It's all we can afford.

I'll tell you what...

I'll put in a request for

a reward for information.

A reward?

Jesus, Sarge.

That's the best I can do.

Jay, got Jim on line one for you.

Approximate

time of death occurred sometime, oh...

last Friday night.

Cause of death is...

is definitely from the

laceration across the trachea,

probably from a, say,

20cm knife with a serrated edge.

Like a hunting knife?

Yeah.

But not a cheap one.

High quality, very sharp.

And the bite marks are definitely

from a dog, a bloody big one.

You got any fibres?

Hang on a sec. Yeah, yeah.

Um, a fight brown fibre...

was found in one

of the girl's fingernails.

It's been sent away for analysis.

What does it look like?

Oh, I really couldn't say, mate.

Well, what about the blood tests?

Uh, nothing, really.

Pretty much came up

with a blank except for...

minute alcohol traces.

Alright, thanks, Jim.

No Worries, mate.

G'day, Jay.

Long time, no see.

Hey, Mick. How you going?

Oh, can't complain.

How's your old man's Winchester

holding up?

Still shootin' straight.

Yeah, don't make 'em

like that anymore.

Well, what can I do you for?

What have you got

in the way of hunting knives?

Let's see. Uh...

This is the range I got here,

but I could, uh...

get somethin' in special

on order if you want.

Give us a look at that

big Blackhawk you got there.

She's a beauty.

You sold many of these lately?

Yeah, quite a few.

Pig hunters and roo

shooters just love 'em.

Do you remember

who you might've sold them to?

Ooh. Gee whiz.

Memory's not what it

used to be and...

only take cash for those,

so I got no records.

OK. Thanks, Mick.

This wouldn't have

anything to do with that...

girl they found on the highway?

I really can't say, Mick.

Thought as much.

But I'll take a box of your

best .308s... hollow points.

Yeah, no problems, Jay.

How you going, my little brothers?

Good. You a copper, brah?

Yeah.

We hate coppers, brah.

We kill coppers, brah.

Who you lookin' for?

Ashley. You seen her?

They gone.

Gone where?

Different town.

Yeah? How'd they go?

Train.

OK. Thanks, little brother.

I found a phone like that.

Yeah? Where'd you find it?

Just there.

Just there, on the road?

Yeah.

Is that a real gun?

What do you think?

Can I look at it?

Well, you tell me what you did

with that phone first...

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Ivan Sen

Ivan Sen (born 1972) is an Australian indigenous filmmaker. He is a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, as well as an editor, composer and sound designer. His work is both extensive and acclaimed in Australian circles.Drawing on his mixed heritage, his films present themes that revolve around issues of dislocation, place and identity. more…

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