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The Dead Lands (2014)

The Dead Lands poster
Directed by
Toa Fraser
Genre
action film
Country
New Zealand
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 119 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young Maori warrior must fight for survival after his tribe is slaughtered. He sets out on a quest for revenge, tracking the killers through a dangerous wilderness.

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What happens

The Dead Lands is a 2014 Māori-language New Zealander action film directed by Toa Fraser. It was number 1 at the New Zealand box office when it was released. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival where it had its world premier on 4 September 2014. It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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