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Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes.

Directed by Lee Tamahori
Starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Lawrence Makoare
Transcript
00:00 Only those who have been at sea truly grasp the enormity of this world.
00:06 It is a frightening thing, knowing one day a great price may be demanded of us.
00:14 Mr. Munro, welcome to Epworth.
00:21 Thank you.
00:22 It's not exactly St. Paul's, but you'll make something of it.
00:26 I shall do my best.
00:28 For thousands of miles from civilization, surrounded by savages of the most barbaric kind.
00:34 There are reports of a warlord out there.
00:37 Would that be Akataran?
00:40 You know of him?
00:41 I have encountered him personally.
00:43 What do you want?
00:46 I ask that you spare the lives of these people.
00:49 Choose.
00:51 I cannot make that choice.
00:53 Very well.
00:56 [Screams]
00:58 It's her father.
01:03 This is the path to destruction.
01:15 Peace cannot be achieved through violence.
01:20 Blood is the only thing that pays.
01:23 This is a violent land.
01:30 Steeped in blood.
01:33 Revenge, death.
01:40 Go hand in hand.
01:47 You fight or you die.
01:49 We die as warriors.
01:53 [Dramatic music]
01:56 [Music fades]
01:59 [Music fades]
02:02 [Music fades]
02:04 [Music fades]
02:06 [Music fades]
02:08 [Music fades]
02:10 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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