The Convert

2023
1 Std. 59 Min.

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A lay preacher arrives at a British settlement in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.

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Ein Laienprediger, in den 1830er Jahren in einer britischen Siedlung ankommt. Seine gewalttätige Vergangenheit wird bald in Frage gestellt und sein Glaube auf die Probe gestellt, als er sich... Alles lesenEin Laienprediger, in den 1830er Jahren in einer britischen Siedlung ankommt. Seine gewalttätige Vergangenheit wird bald in Frage gestellt und sein Glaube auf die Probe gestellt, als er sich in der Mitte des Konflikts wiederfindetEin Laienprediger, in den 1830er Jahren in einer britischen Siedlung ankommt. Seine gewalttätige Vergangenheit wird bald in Frage gestellt und sein Glaube auf die Probe gestellt, als er sich in der Mitte des Konflikts wiederfindet

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

4904

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

3.164

508

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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In a 2024 interview with Screen Rant, Lee Tamahori spoke about the depiction of Maori warfare in the film and the contrast of directing it versus his experience on James Bond 007 - Stirb an einem anderen Tag (2002): "...we haven't seen combat like this much on film. There's been a film called The Dead Lands (2020), and another couple. There is now a highly trained number of Rakau experts. This is Maori hand to hand combat with edged weapon. They call them patu and taiaha. So there's weapons like most indigenous cultures had spears clubs edged weapons. So there's a lot of people trained in that now, young Maori. They're all in the film. They're a combat unit, which we put together. Action is just something you make up in your head and you do it shot by shot by shot by shot, and work your way through it. To me it is always important, and in the difference between a James Bond action sequence and a Convert action sequence is The Convert the action has to be scarily authentic. It has to be brutal. It's fast. There's no slow motion, no trickery going on. It's just shot by shot by shot, edited down to a point. Whereas with something like most modern action films have speed ramps, and all sorts of post-production tricks on them. But I didn't want to do anything other than show the brutality of hand-to-hand combat as it was."

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When they land for the first time, Munro talks to the crew of the landing boat then rides his horse along the beach. There is a wide shot towards the end of this scene where the boat obviously isn't on the beach.

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surprising convert

Greetings again from the darkness. Ten years ago, no one would have thought twice about a preacher traveling to a remote island with the given mission of converting souls - both indigenous and British - to Christianity. But much has changed in those 10 years, and writer-director Lee Tamahori (hit and miss with NEXT, 2007; DIE ANOTHER DAY, 2002; ALONG CAME A SPIDER, 2001; THE EDGE, 1997) and co-writers Michael Bennett and Shane Danielson take head-on on the "white savior" backlash that's surely coming their way (not from me).

It's 1830 and Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) is catching a ride across the rough waves of the Tasman Sea. His beautiful white steed doesn't much care for the boat's ups and downs, and both man and beast are happy to go for a run on the sandy shore once they reach their destination. And that's pretty much the end of the good times. Munro has been hired by the colonists to be their preacher and bring Christianity to the locals ... tribes of Maori. Munro stumbles into the brutal inter-tribe battles and he quickly negotiates to save the life of Rangimai (a stunning Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne), the daughter of the other tribe's chief.

Early on, we also learn that Munro is no ordinary preacher. He has a past that haunts him - and skills that come in handy in this new environment. Mostly though, he does a great deal of talking - regularly negotiating one thing or another with one side or another. His sketch book offers proof that he's a good man with good intentions, and one who seeks the good in others. What he also learns is that muskets are often more powerful than Christian words.

Munro's mission is aided by Charlotte (a terrific Jacqueline McKenzie) who acts as a translator, while carrying her own personal history of tragedy. Racism is of course on full display, despite Munro's efforts to negotiate peace between the tribes and the always-hovering British colonists. Throughout the film, there are some sloppily staged fight scenes, yet the cinematography from Gin Loane is exceptional. We do get the crescendo of a final showdown, as well as a somewhat surprising ending on display in a "Four years later" epilogue. Director Tamahori hits us very early with a smaller bird being attacked midair by a larger bird, with the survival of the fittest on display - whether here in New Zealand, or most any other place throughout history.

Opening July 12, 2024.