Powerful

Ironmas78

The Lord of the Rings trilogy for a part was filmed in New Zealand and made us aware of how beautiful this country is. The brilliant movie Once Were Warriors gives us an insight of some of the inhabitants, and it ain't pretty. Maori Jake Heke, a proud man, has some trouble controlling his temper and regularly beats his wife, Beth. Beth desperately tries to keep her family together but is not always successful. She wants her children to escape from the life she is leading and supports them in every way but unfortunately she is not able to keep them from influences on the street, and even in her family... This is one of those movies that slowly reaches to a boiling point, and then there is no way back. Great acting by Temuera Morrisson and Rena Owen, they portray very real characters. This movie never wants to be sensational, but still manages to get us upset...TRULY A MUST SEE!

score 9/10

Ironmas78 30 December 2004

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0988109/