Cactus (2008)
Choose the wrong road and you're...
A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery. As time and distance roll by, the strength and endurance of both men will be tested to the very end.
- Date of release
- 2008-05-01
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
Casting
- Bryan Brown — Rosco
- Shane Jacobson — Thommo
- Travis McMahon — John
- David Lyons — Eli
- Daniel Krige — Mal
- Celia Ireland — Vesna
- Zoe Tuckwell-Smith — Sam
Interesting facts
- Box office: A$160.9K
- Filmed in: Australia
Cactus is a 2008 Australian mystery-thriller film, it is the directing debut for Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan.
Production
The directing debut of Jasmine Yuen Carrucan was shot in New South Wales in the cities of Bathurst, Broken Hill, Cobar, Sydney and Wilcannia. Bryan Brown worked on it as executive producer.
The film uses many of the classic road movie motifs such as break downs, fuel stops and long stretches of empty road, with a cinematography that is conventionally modern.
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