High Ground, Brisbane | Concrete Playground Brisbane

Violence is never splashed across a cinema screen unthinkingly. Depicting physical force is always a choice, even in by-the-numbers action films where fists and bullets fly far more frequently than meaningful moments. Accordingly, when brutality and bloodshed arrives in a movie that peers back at Australia’s colonial past, there’s no doubting that the filmmakers responsible have considered what they’re including, why, the message it conveys and the impact it’ll have on the audience. High Ground is one such Aussie feature. This outback western joins a growing number of homegrown efforts, such as Sweet Country, The Nightingale and The Furnace, and it’s just as exacting about its scenes of confrontation and carnage. All excellent films,…