GOLDSTONE is another slow-burning Australian mystery thriller, a follow up to MYSTERY ROAD that once more sees detective Jay Swan arriving in a small town to uncover a conspiracy of death. It's a film that suffers somewhat from an entirely predictable kind of plot, one which you've seen play out dozens of times in the past, but which benefits from some very good direction and in particular excellent and atmospheric photography of the various locations used. The cast is also decent, with the casting director particularly deserving kudos for including a couple of welcome roles for old timers (David Gulpilil and, incredibly, Shaw Brothers starlet Cheng Pei-Pei). Things build carefully to an appropriately exciting climax, and it's all rather involving if you can spare the time it takes to get there.
Review of Goldstone
