Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

bheadher There is simply nothing you can't like about the movie...it has the old west flavor, with a healthy British colonial backdrop. Add the humanitarian element with the Aborigine plot, and you have an excellent 2 hours of sheer entertainment.I don't know if it will ever muster enough votes to make it a classic, but I do know I watch in every single time it shows up on TV...If you don't want to wait for TV scheduling, I'm sure it is a pretty economical buy in DVD, and well worth having it in your collection...

Leofwine_draca QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER is a straightforward Australian western starring journeyman hero Tom Selleck as an American gunslinger who arrives in the rural outback in order to take a new job working for rich landowner Alan Rickman. Selleck's skill is with a super-powered rifle which can hit targets over 1,200 yards away.The problem with this film is its predictability. It's obvious from the outset that Rickman will be the stock villain of the piece and so it transpires. Rickman was going through a string of villainous turns after his appearance in DIE HARD in 1988 but is rather subdued in this film and was much better in the following year's ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES in a pure pantomime performance. He was the main reason I tuned in, anyway. Cult favourite Roger Ward plays a henchman alongside a young and ginger Ben Mendelsohn, a Hollywood treasure these days.Inevitably this film deals with racism in the treatment of Aborigines by the white settlers. The scenes with the Aboriginal characters are among the best in the movie and there are some pretty shocking violent moments in a film which otherwise has a TV movie feel to it. Selleck falls foul of the bad guys but you just know he'll get revenge come the stock climax. One interesting thing about the production is its depiction of mental illness, something that writers and producers usually shy away from, but it's handled quite sensitively here.

Frederick Smith Granted this is not the old west, although it is set in Western Australia. Tom Selleck, in my opinion, was born a couple of decades late. It's too bad the romance with westerns has passed on, since Selleck could have easily been a contemporary of The Duke. His easy-going, "down home" style and charm work well in the western genre, and with the exception of Robert Duvall and Sam Elliot, I can't think of another star who fits the "cowboy" persona better. Well, maybe Eastwood.Laura San Giacomo works beautifully as the films female love interest and comedy relief, since neither Rickman or Selleck offer us much in that way. She gives us her story in brief episodes, the returns to the "Crazy Cora" persona long enough to convince us it isn't all an act. Or is it? Alan Rickman plays what he plays best, an arrogant ass with money and power who enjoys pulling the wings off butterflies when he isn't shooting down people for the fun of it. He uses money as his weapon, and indulges himself whenever possible. Since most of his men are conscripts from the local prison, Marston is of the belief he is untouchable.The aborigines have no lines in English, and are pretty much the window dressing of the film, although there are some interesting scenes where Selleck and the aborigines interact.Overall, the film has plenty of flaws and lapses, but they are easy to look past when you watch the action scenes. And neither Selleck for the ladies or San Giacomo for the gentlemen are that hard to look at. Rated PG-13 for violence and sexual innuendo, the teens in the house will have no problem with the plot and the adults will enjoy the various quibbles between the principles. Not sure if this is all that collectible, but I have a copy. Like I said, I like westerns, and I like Selleck.

XweAponX Great mostly due to the incredible scenery, Tom Selleck stands up with veteran films actors like Alan Rickman and Laura San Giacomo and holds his own. His Magnum PI Style mixed with a small amount of "Robert Mitchum competence" gives him a bit of flair, and contrast to the Australian actors.The feel of this film is that of a big-time Hollywood western, this is about as far west as one can get. Along with the familiar horses and guns, there are also dingos and kangaroos. Instead of Native Americans, there are Native Australians, and there is as much of a parallel here as there is with the western United States. Alan Rickman is the quintessential bloated bad-guy.The score by Basil Poledouris is very "Magnificent Sevenish" - You can hear strains of Quigly is Basil's other work, like Starship Troopers- Actually, a LOT of Quigly's themes were reproduced in Starship Troopers, but this is why I liked Composers like Alfred Hitchcocks Bernard Herrman and Sergio Leone's Ennio Merricone.The director of Lonesome Dove Simon Wincer sells the story, written by novelist John Hill...And all of Australia is the set.Favourite quote from the film is "Got no use for a Colt, never said I couldn't use one". One very pleasant moment in the film is where Quigley makes a very Clint-Eastwoodish/Josey Wales gesture by spitting on the ground- Watch for that.