http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1361843/
Plot from Imdb: "The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness. Abandon all hope you who enter."
Very well made and very impressive movie about this true cannibalism story. The framing and the amazing (and actual) locations made the viewing a real trip. Once again, Australia (Tasmania in this case) is part of the cast, the location is like a ghost character. But the big problem is its ultra slow pace, that quiet fits the reality of starvation but deserves the narration. As such, it is NOT a cannibal movie, it's much more a movie about cannibalism...The limits of human resistance and the will to survive are well portrayed. It's also very realistic: the convicts speaks different languages, Gaelic mostly, from Scotland & Ireland,. and most of them have no clue why there are here. Incredibly, they were sent to one of the worst prison on earth for futile motives and from that moment on, their main goal was just to survive one more day. The cast is solid. Funny thing, one year before this movie, the director and the main character playing Alexander Pearce did a movie called "Hell's Gate" about the exact same story: some sort of rehearsal ? A slow pace story, that will leave you exhausted and wondering just how far humans are willing to go only to survive.
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