The Decadent and Depraved (2018) - full transcript

- Oye, mate, why are you
out here stumbling around

in the dark?

- Fucking freezing, ain't I?

We have been standing
out here for hours, Big.

Maybe if somebody had mentioned

how long we were gonna be out here for,

I would've brought some extra-

- You both shut the hell up.

- Let's just do this.

- Oh yeah, mate, go on then,
go on. Off you gettin'.

Let's see you wandering
around there in the dark



aiming your Griswold, being
a real straight shooter, eh?

- What the hell are you talking about?

- We're waiting for our eyes
to adjust to the darkness.

Personally, I don't want you behind me

wondering whether me,
Ellis, or Fat's here.

Or the silhouette or
some unforeseen enemy.

- Ellis, what do you think?

- Well, I can't see shit.

And we wouldn't want anyone
to get hurt now, would we?

- Big here drags me
out of bed this morning

mentioning something about a Sheila, yeah?

So why all the hush and worry?

- 'Cause that Sheila might
not just be any Sheila, mate.

Could be Leon "Barberblade"
Murphey's wife, Ann Seringo.



- So what?

- So, do you know why they're wanted?

- Well, if that's the case,

make sure you got all your
senses workin' and tickin'.

'Cause if you don't, come morning,

you'll be deadwood for the worms.

- Jesus, mate.

Look, all I'm saying is whoever they are,

probably not going anyway, yeah?

I mean, we're in the middle of nowhere,

we're going fucking nowhere.

And this bloody weather's
got me freezing, so let's go.

- Where did you find this cracker,

and why doesn't he seem to know jack all

about what's going on, Big?

- Wait, who you calling a cracker?

- Do you remember the Oakley brothers?

- Last I heard, those dirty
bastards hit the grave.

So what?

- Maybe you are the
thickest tree in the forest.

Well are
you gonna tell me or not?

- We might've found them.

- You're telling me that a woman

killed Harry, Paul, and Ned.

I find that hard to believe.

- No, not her, the husband, Leon.

- No, no, no, no, I've seen Harry sling,

and you know as well as I
do that he's fast, yeah.

And as a matter of fact, he's
a brutal bastard, and he-

- Will you listen to
what I have to tell you?

A while back, in Grinder's
Switch when you and I

were doing those heists up in Dongara,

Leon come across the Oakley brothers

takin' it out on some native kid.

I mean, the kid got hurt,
and I mean real bad.

Now, Leon found the sight a little sour.

But discretion was the
better part of valor

and he walked on.

You see Leon was uh, what's that term?

- He was employed by her majesty's.

Yeah, that's right.

- Town guard.

A military man.

Now after a night of
drinking and debauchery,

the brothers Oakley,
appeared at the barbershop,

would sit in the three
chairs, side-by-side.

- Wait, wait, what happened
to the kid? The darkie?

Whipped to a pulp, mate,
deceased, buried.

- Anyway, all three brothers
are dozing under warm towels.

In steps Leon, abandons his
post, walks up to the barber,

snatches the blade, and slits
their throats one by one.

Barber's paralyzed with fear.

Shit himself.

Least that's what they
tell me he smelled like.

Now you'd think if your
brother was being gutted

next to ya, you'd notice.

But all three were drained dead

before they knew what happened.

Just for breaking someone's darkie.

- This is a military man we're after.

So before you go waltzing down there,

make sure you got your dick in your pants.

- So why even do this then, yeah?

Why not just inform her majesty's?

- Didn't you just hear the story?

This fellow's not just wanted
for cold-blooded murder.

He's wanted because he
ran with her majesty's,

forsaking his duty for the
dignity of them darkies.

And we all know the crown, my friends.

They can't let that kind of behavior slip.

Now we could inform her
majesty's of his whereabouts,

serving some simple justice.

But we're here for somethin' better.

- The bounty.

- Exactly.

There might be money,
right there in the flesh.

Be it dead,

or alive.

- And we sure do want it. Don't we, lads?

- Oh, yes.

- All right, enough
talking. Check your guns.

- But how do we know for sure?

I mean, he might not even be there, yeah?

You said yourself, you may or
may not have seen his wife.

- Ellis was watching the place for a week.

There's a woman and child down there

fit the description of Ann
and their cornstalk daughter.

- Stop your gabbin'.

Get down!

- Oh my God. He's dead.

He's fucking dead.

If you don't shut up,

I'm going to shoot you
in the goddamn mouth.

Where the
fuck did that come from?

- Well, my best guess is the ranch.

- I thought you said it
was just Ann and the kids.

- It could be her.

- So a woman shot Fats from that distance.

Well, shit.

Get the rifle.

What now?

- All right. So how are we gonna do this?

- Try the front door.

- What? Just like that?

- They won't be expecting us
to come through the front.

- Nah, mate, I ain't
bloody doing that, no way.

If it's such a good idea why
don't you do it yourself, yeah?

All right, you big
fat bastard.

There's nobody here.

Check the back.

- I couldn't find nothing.

Maybe he's gone around back.

- If he was here, we'd know by now.

- Jesus!

Why, I can't even tell if that's her.

Huh, huh, what do you reckon?

- Don't know neither.

But if it's not her, you
just shot an innocent woman.

- Then I'll tell you what, that is her.

Looks like we got her pretty good.

However, it might be an issue
that she's not recognizable.

I mean, we might get the bounty

if the red coats can recognize her.

I mean, not to mention
that we don't have Leon,

which kinda throws off that whole

package bounty altogether.

I mean, we're three days
from the nearest town.

And, even considering this one's gonna

yield some sort of coin,

I highly think it's
unlikely that the council's

gonna take a liking to
a dame shot in the face.

I mean, they're gonna start
asking all kinds of questions.

Shootin' is one thing, shootin'
in the face, that's another.

- I know that, Ellis.

- And, not to be negative, all right,

but seeing as how we can
barely tell who it is now,

what do you think's gonna
happen in three days,

after she's been out on the horse cart?

Bleeding out in the sun,
while it's comin' down,

and bloody rot in the
face, it's somethin' like

a shriveled up pumpkin.

- Well you should've controlled
your shooting better.

- Controlled my shooting?

Do you really think I was
trying to control my shooting

after we saw what happened to Lawrence?

No, mate. I was aiming
for that bitch's face.

- Jesus.

Oh, hey. That's
their girl, the daughter.

How'd you forget her?

- What do you wanna do
now? What do you wanna do?

- I'll give it to you
darling, you almost had us.

Bring the girl.

Come on, let's go.

Oh, let's go talk outside.

Move!

Let's go.

Move it!

- Got a long way to ride,
and Maitland will be waiting

and he won't be happy.

Well what're you waiting for?

Get off the train!

The lot a ya!

- L. Murphey.

I'm looking for a Mr. L. Murphey.

I'm guessing by the wide
selection here before me,

you must be him.

White, male, 37 years old,

five foot eight, size 10 feet.

Says here, "Note, to be hanged."

Now the question is,

why is a dying man shackled
to two aboriginals?

- These two were staggering
across the railway line, sir,

'bout 70 miles back.

- And you saw fit to take them aboard?

Yes sir.

- Release them.

- Excuse me, sir?

- You heard me.

- But sir, these men were-
- These men were what?

Crossing railway tracks.

According to this manuscript,

there's supposed to be one
prisoner delivered today.

This, is three prisoners.

Now where does that leave me?

Given that you, a private,
is picking up people

and convicting them as you go.

- Uh...

- You can put them back on the train sir,

send them down the line.

- Well, let's see now.

It's another four days
train ride to the coast,

and you would have to
go with them, of course.

Because if you were not to go,

I would have to explain why
there were two cooked Aborigines

in this train's carriage.

And two rotting bodies would surely render

her majesty's property nothing
but a distasteful smelling

heap of wood on wheels,

that you undoubtedly would
have to ride in again.

So release these men, and that's an order.

Yes, Captain.

- You men are free to leave.

So you're to be hanged in the
jurisdiction of her majesty.

You ever been walkabout, Mr. Murphey?

Mr. Murphey.

You know why I asked you'd
ever been on a walkabout?

No?

Well I'll tell ya.

It's a rite of passage,

a journey a man must make

in order to become true to himself.

That's what the Aborigines think.

But I find that description
fits your situation perfectly,

for you are a man who
truly must come to terms

with what he is, a murderer.

With that being said,

even murderers can die from dehydration.

Maybe you'd like that, Mr. Murphey.

Apparently not.

- Well?

Where's my brother?

He's, not here.

- I can see that you fool, where is he?

Ran into some problems.

- I don't wanna hear about your problems.

So?

Fat's dead. He got shot first.

- Dead?

- He got shot right in the chest.

- That's not really a problem.

More of an inconvenience.

So.

- So?

What?

- So, did you get the bounty?

I can tell by the sorry look on your faces

that you did not.

- Well, we uh, we got the
woman, but he wasn't there.

- But didn't you tell me
that that was definitely

where he'd be?

- Yes, but-

- Yes but what, but hm?

What have you got here?

- It's his daughter.

- His daughter.

What's your name?

- Lillian.

- Lillian.

Well, that's a pretty name.

Now Lillian, do you know
the whereabouts of your pa?

- He's gone,

- Gone?

What did he leave you and
your ma all on your lonesome?

That's not very nice, is it?

- He had to go. He had to leave.

- And why's that, Lillian?

- 'Cause he said that if he didn't

then people would forever chase us.

And he didn't want that.

- Oh no, come on, don't
get upset. It's all right.

It's all right. It's not your fault.

Your father is the one we want.

But seeings as though
you're the only member

of your family here, the
burden must fall on you.

So best you tell me where he is.

- Mister, I swear, I know nothing!

- And that's a real pity, Lillian.

You see that dog in the corner.

He looks nice and friendly, doesn't he?

But truth be told, he's the devil.

He has teeth like razors,
fangs, he's brutal and fearless.

He has the appetite of a
bear, attacks like a wolf,

ripping his prey to shreds.

So I recommend you tell me what you know

or I'll have Big here
throw you on top of him.

- The only thing I know,
sir, is that he said goodbye

and walked toward the
rail line over the valley.

And he was doing it for me and my ma.

He's gone to
deliver himself to her majesty.

With an ever-increasing bounty,

he thinks by handing himself in,

at least his family might be safe.

- Well, what do you
wanna do with this one?

She's gonna be no good to us now.

- I cannot...

What's going on here?

I was thinking about
getting me some sleep,

and all them noises, they made me tremble.

- Aw there's nothin' to worry about.

You didn't have to come down.

- Oh, who's that?

- That's just some girl
the lads picked up.

Oh, I didn't
know they were into that.

- No, no, no, they um,

were just about to let
her play with the dog.

- Oh, right. Right.

Goodnight.

- Goodnight, Ma. God bless.

- Oh my. You know what son,
do you think it could wait?

We're having dinner the day after tomorrow

with the O'Connells,

and I don't have time
to clean up the mess.

- Of course, of course,
dinner with the O'Connells.

- Shut up, ya little cretin.

- Ma, don't upset yourself.

Remember what the doctor said.

Upset my mother, will ya?

Put her with the other rats.

And then take her ma's body
and bury the body out back.

There's only one route
from the railway line

to Camborne Hill.

He'll be escorted by one
or two men at the most.

Assemble a few of our lads.

Ride out at first light, we'll find 'em.

- But sir, isn't he being
escorted by her majesty?

- So? Let them know who runs these parts.

Let them know we will
be collecting the coin.

Let them fear, and let them
come into the hands of the Lord.

And this time do your job!

- I'll be back with your father.

He can watch.

- Well if you want food,
you're gonna have to get up,

clean up.

And you behave in an appropriate
fashion. You understand?

After you.

- Crikey, have you blokes been walkabout?

- Good day, Jerry. How's things?

- You know what I always say, Captain.

Things could always be better.

- Sit down, Mr. Murphey.

Say Jerry, who are those boys out front?

- Uh, I believe they're,
they're cattle herders,

up from the Nambucca River.

Um, they're eastern boys.

- Seems a bit dry pushing
cattle this time of year,

don't you think?

- Oh just folk, migrating
for a better future.

It's not unusual these days.

As a matter of fact,

there was a fella in here the other day,

a tall, a tall blonde fella-

- Do you know where they've been grazing?

- The cattle herders?

Well, you know what they
call them around here,

the scum of the earth.

They fleece the land,
but they pay good coin

on the pound so, I don't ask questions.

Here, what is there only one today?

What is he a thief, smuggler, murderer?

- You know that's none
of your business, Jerry.

Just bring us the usual, all right.

- You know me, Captain. I like to talk.

- Cattle herders, out here?

- You bloody Oriental whore.
Look what you've done.

I told you not to randomly sweep around.

Now pick it up!

Sorry Captain, but these people

from foreign shores...

Get back to work.

Here we are, the usual.

It's the best.

- Thank you, Jerry.

Eat, Mr. Murphey.

You know, for a dying man,
you seem awfully worried.

- I just wanna make sure
we get there in one piece.

- In one piece, huh.

I do hope you understand
what the consequences

of your capture are.

- That I do.

- Then eat.

- I think it would be best
if we just got on our way.

- And why's that?

- Because those fellows out
there aren't cattle herders.

- And why do you think that?

- They haven't been out
here more than a day or two

from what I can tell by their clothes,

which have been recently
washed and pressed.

And no cattle herder could
afford that amount of coin,

unless they had some kind of land.

And maybe they do own it,

but you'd have to be
a fool to drive cattle

all the way out here.

- Suppose this were true, Mr. Murphey,

what would that mean?

- It would mean trouble.

- Would it now?

- And as for your
friend, Jerry over there,

he's had a scatter
shooter stashed and cocked

since the moment we walked in.

- Well maybe that's just force of habit.

With men like you waltzing
around these parts,

what should a man do?

I know these men aren't
cattle herders, Mr. Murphey.

My suspicions are that
they're here to help you

make a getaway.

- Those fellows aren't
here to liberate anyone.

They're here to kill.

- Well we shall see about that.

Jerry, come over here a second, will ya?

- Sure, Captain.

Everything okay, Captain?

- It certainly is, Jerry.

Unfortunately, I'm not
feeling too good today.

Oh.

- I just can't seem to keep anything in,

and so I must decline
your fine stew, apologies.

- Um, I'm, I'm, I'm sorry
to hear that, Captain.

- That's okay, it's not your fault.

- Um, maybe there's
something else in the kitchen

that I could cook up for you.
- No, no, no.

It would only do me no good anyhow.

But say, Jerry, why don't
you go and ask those boys

over there if they're hungry.

They've been staring at us
since we sat down and uh,

I feel almost rude, because
now we have this extra bowl.

No, no, they've already eaten.

Are you sure?

- Oh yes, Captain, yep.

- Tell me something, Jerry.

I didn't know you wash clothes here.

Wash clothes here, no,

we don't do that here, Captain.

- So these boys, they rode all
the way from Nambucca River

to here without so much as
a patch of dirt on them.

Now I find that amazing.

To think, working off
the land the way they do,

they manage to keep themselves
so clean and well-groomed.

I mean uh, look at me.

I can't even seem to keep
the dirt out of my ears.

But then maybe you've
got it all wrong, Jerry.

- Do I?

Yeah. Maybe these
boys aren't cattle herders.

- No?
- No.

Maybe they just came here
for your fine stew.

Do you know why I think your
stew's so popular, Jerry?

No, no, no, no.

- Well come down here and I'll tell you.

It's because you always
serve it so steaming hot.

That's for forgetting your
manners when speaking to a lady.

No, don't shoot.

Listen, there's
a town south of here

about two days ride.

You go there and you don't come back.

This place is no home for a girl like you.

- You fucking drogo.

I'll find you.

You're gonna pay for my fuckin' arm.

- It's called a hand, mister.

- You have no idea, mate.

Hey!

Hey! Wait a minute.

Are you just gonna leave
me out here to die?

I'm dying here.

- What would you like me to do about that?

- Take me to the nearest town.

- My horse is fully packed, my friend.

I have no room left for you.

- Wait, wait, take my horse.

- Your horse?

Around the back, mate.

Just put me on and I can follow.

- Well there goes your horse, mate.

- Oh come, come back,
you wench! Come back!

- Besides, even if you had a horse,

that wound or yours, it'd
have all kinds of creatures

lurking up on us.

And I've fought enough
vultures for one day,

don't you think?

- Wait. Take McCarthy's.

- McCarthy's?

Go around the back and grab that horse.

Go on Mr. Murphey.

You don't really wanna be dragging

behind my horse again, do ya?

Help.

You bastard, I'll find you.

You bastard, I swear on my life,

I'm gonna cut off your fucking head

and use it as target practice.

- With what gun hand there, Happy Jack?

- That's right, you joke about it,

but I'll be the one that
gets the last laugh.

- How are you feelin', hm?

Because the way I see it,
you have maybe an hour or two

before you slowly start
losing consciousness.

And out here when that happens,

not much a man can do after that.

Now you go into Jerry's,

and you ask him if you can use his stove.

- His stove?

- That's right.

And you burn enough
coal to get it red hot.

Has to be red hot.

- Bloody hell, that's not gonna help me.

- Well it just might save your life, mate.

I mean you were whimpering
something about being scared

of dying, weren't you?

- Jerry!

Jerry!

Jerry!

Jerry!

Jerry!

- Mr. Murphey.

Goddammit.

Mr. Murphey.

You know, you are quite
possibly the worst murderer

I've ever transported.

And by that I mean, you bore me.

Drink.

- Is this a commercial route,
Captain, traveling route?

- No.

- Why would you not
take a commercial route?

- Because Mr. Murphey,

since I just killed two
men who were after you,

I wanted to be a little cautious.

- Cautious?

Doesn't her majesty's have checkpoints

on the commercial routes?

- They do, just not this time of year.

You know how it is, no water, no army.

Come on.

It's too dry.

Where are we now?

In the northern
parts of Bremer Canyon.

About a half day's ride.

Bushrangers.

Yeah, was an attack.

On who, I can't say, there are no bodies.

I spotted no birds on the way in.

- Doesn't look more than
a couple of days old.

What are we waiting for, Captain?

- You always seem to be in
such a hurry, Mr. Murphey.

Here.

Water the horses.

Tell me, Mr. Murphy, since
you're so set on dying,

why haven't you taken care of it yourself?

- It's not dying that concerns me.

It's how I die that's important.

- You know what, Mr.
Murphey, I've seen 'em all,

gunslingers, bushrangers,
murderers, and thieves.

And you know the one thing
they all have in common?

What's that?

- The end of the day,
when the noose is tied

and displayed before their eyes,

they all turn into what we all
once were, whimpering babies.

And you, Mr. Murphy, will be no different.

- You may well be right.

But it's dying in the hands of
the law will be my salvation.

Salvation?

Spare me the God delusions, Mr. Murphey.

Sooner or later, you'll realize
what's gonna happen to you.

And when that happens, you
will plead, and you will cry,

and you'll get down on your
knees begging me to let you go.

You think dying publicly
will change people's minds

about you, that they'll
forgive what you've done.

They'll hate you even more.

And they'll despise you
until the day your name

is never mentioned again.

- Captain.

Don't.

Do you know what those
spears can do to a man?

- I do. I'm betting he
won't beat my bullet.

- It's not that I'm worried about.

- This is starting to make
me nervous, Mr. Murphey.

Why isn't he saying something?

- Maybe he doesn't speak Wajarri.

- Why not?

Many languages can there be?

- I don't know, hundreds maybe.

- Hundreds.

Well, that's just great.

Well get ready, Mr. Murphey,

'cause I'm about to start shooting.

- No!

- What'd he say?

He wants us to join him.

- Join him?

I don't think that's such
a good idea, Mr. Murphey.

- But from where we are standing,

I think it's the only idea.

- I don't suppose you're
planning a getaway, Mr. Murphey.

- We are speaking of the past,
the present, and the future.

And what might that mean?

- To navigate vast
distances over these lands,

by mind or by foot, that's what
moments like these are for.

To exchange memories, and
knowledge of the land.

What do you
suppose he wants with us?

- Nothing.

- Seems an odd way to
invite someone over for tea.

What do you mean, Captain?

- The Canyon.

The scene of human remnants
we just encountered.

I have a feeling they might
have something to do with that.

- That wasn't them.

They found four bodies, and
buried them not far from here.

And you expect
me to believe that?

- Believe what you wish, Captain.

These fellows are not our captors.

We're free to leave whenever we want.

- Well I get the distinct
feeling our friend here

wants my head.

- No, he's ashamed to host
a guest bound by his hands,

prisoner or not.

- Well ashamed or not, those binds stay,

and you can tell him that.

- He's not out for trouble
like you think, Captain.

These people want only
to preserve these lands.

Even if that means having
to pick dead white folk

off the canyon floor,
or driving two more out.

By threatening to kill us?

- In their lore they are
responsible for this land.

For anyone who passes through it.

- We all believe in
different ways, Mr. Murphey.

- And what do you believe in, Captain?

Authority?

Fear?

To put these people out
like they were nothing?

- No, no, no.

I've never been one to take
offense to a man's skin,

but I do believe we all
must face the consequences

of our actions.

- Consequences?

We have long ago forgotten

the true meaning of that word.

Well, I haven't.

- Tell me, Captain, is there a consequence

for killing innocent human beings?

Driving them from their
lands, enslaving them,

destroying their lives
and their way of life.

Where is the consequence for that?

- Well you just remember
what side of the fence

you sit on, Mr. Murphey.

And don't you preach to
me about consequences.

- What about a child?

What side of the fence would that fall on?

- What child?

- It was a boy I once knew.

A boy whose family saved
me when I was lost.

He couldn't have been
more than nine years old

when he was strung up,
beaten, and dismembered.

And the savages who did that
weren't even prosecuted,

because they were white.

That was a law I once upheld.

The same law I once valued.

Captain,

do you think a moral man
can maintain his conscience

in an immoral world?

- That I don't know, Mr. Murphey.

But one thing I do know, is
that the law must be upheld.

'Cause if it's not, the only
judge in this godforsaken land

will be the gun on our hips.

And that Mr. Murphey, is
a dissent into madness.

It's time we got going.

Ah, you seem to have made
some enemies, Mr. Murphey.

- There's three more.

What?

- I'll go right.

- How did you find me?

I'll give you one chance.

- One chance, eh?

I bet you need me more than I need you.

- You bet wrong. How did you find me?

- Just like that, eh?

Well, all right, let's
see, the story begins

by a little house by a creek
that shines candlelight

a little too bright one night.

So, me and some friends of
mine knocked on the front door,

only to find nobody home,
but two lovely young ladies.

- You're lying.

Why I'm just
getting to the good stuff.

As she opened the door,
your wife walks out.

- Drop it, Mr. Murphey.

- I'm afraid I can't do that.

- Well I'm afraid you must.

This man is a murderer and
comes under my jurisdiction.

He shall be dealt with accordingly.

- Yeah, dealt with accordingly.

- You shut up.

I said, shut up.

- Just lower it.

- Ah.

But I didn't get to finish my story.

- I believe you had a story to tell.

- Jesus Christ, will you
let me down, I'm dying.

See what I mean, Mr. Murphey?

We have a whimpering baby.

- It's you, is this your meaning
of treating me accordingly?

- Well, let's just say
it's been a tough night

for everybody, hasn't it?

- Now, how did you find me?

- Oh-ho, oh, wait till
Maitland finds out about this.

You're gonna be dog meat.

Ow! Oh, dog meat.

Oh my, arrest him. Arrest this man.

- This man saved my life.

The least I could do is
let him poke you a little.

- I'm gonna have you reported.

- Reported?

You do understand, mister,

that it's a crime to assault,
or attempt to murder,

a captain of her majesty's army.

So if you're gonna report me,

let me give you something
that's worth reporting.

Now the next one'll go through your arm.

And if you don't talk, I'll
blow your limbs off one by one.

- Yes, yes, yes.

- Yes, what?

- And we found your house.

- And what did you do
with my wife and daughter?

- Your wife's dead.

But it was an accident, it
was an accident, I swear.

- And my daughter?

Your
daughter's with Maitland.

We threw her in with the others.

- Where do you think you're going?

You're still under my
jurisdiction, Mr. Murphey.

- I don't believe I'll be needing

your help anymore, Captain.

- And what might you mean by that?

- The only reason I'm here

is because I let her majesty's take me.

- Don't you play me for
a fool, Mr. Murphey.

- Oh, you think it was a capture?

The capture of the great
Barberblade Murphey.

Well Captain, you're as smart as you look.

- Well, at least I didn't
leave my family in the mud.

You're no exception.

You're not the only one
who's lost your family.

You take another step and
I'll shoot you myself.

- Are you sure captain?

You may think you're
quick, but from what I saw,

you're about as good in combat
as that old horse of yours.

So if your intention is to stop me,

you better make sure you shoot straight.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Shoot him, shoot him.
Shoot him, man, shoot him!

- Shut up!

- Have you ever thought about
shootin' for us, Captain?

We pay better.

If you don't shut up, I'll
put a bullet in your mouth.

- Now I suppose you know
where this Maitland lives.

- This is where I keep the rats.

I thought you're
actually going to show me

some real rats.

- No, no, no.

Anyway, the one I let you have
last month, how's she doing?

- Oh, sadly, she didn't
meet my every expectation.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Well, this filthy savage
is just about ready

to be put to work.

We're just teaching 'em a few manners.

- You're a generous man, Maitland.

- Ah.

- Oh, oh what about her?

- No, she's a special rat.

Come on, let's not dwell on vermin.

I shouldn't be tempting you, should I?

- Oh but Maitland, you
can tempt me with anything

that is at your disposal, I believe.

You should tempt me all you want.

My wife, oh-ho-ho.

- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.

Thank you for all being here.

Now, I'm sure you're all very hungry,

but just a few words before we eat.

It's been some time since
we first settled here.

We have shared this land,
not only as businessmen,

and women, but as friends.

We have accomplished what we
have by supporting one another

and standing up for what
we believe in and cherish.

But let us not forget that
it is with the guidance

of the Lord, that our seed will survive-

- Yes.
- Yes.

- And the savages will be annihilated.

- That is right.
- Yes.

- That's right.

- Let them live in fear
and let us live long

and prosperous lives.

To the good men and women of this land.

- Yes.
- Yeah, all right.

- Who said you could watch, huh?

- Please, sir.

- Shut up, you bloody bastard.

- Come on, Maitland wants the O'Connells'

horses looked after.

- Now?

- Now.

- I'll be back for you later.

You all right?

- Now, I sincerely meant
what I said out there.

Just look around you.

All of this, it's ours, and
I would gladly take a bullet

for any of you, if that is
what it took to preserve it.

Let's feast.

- Here's your father's favorite.

- Dammit.

- Yeah, you bastard, you.
- No!

- Sorry, mister. I need
this more than you do.

- You goddamn bastard.

You goddam bastard.

Bloody hell, that really hurt.

- Didn't feel a thing, Mister.

- Bastard!

- Let's see where she is now.

There. There's that child little scum.

Mate, who's there?

Ellis. Didn't know it was you.

Where's Big and the rest?

- Uh, they're a little uh,
tied up, with her majesty's

at the moment.

Then who is this?

Should we put him in with the other one?

- No, no, no, no. No,
no, no, I can do that.

- Come on Ellis, let us take him.

- Take me where, exactly?

- What'd you say?

Are you taking him for a fool?

He'll whip you like a dog.

Maitland will enjoy this one.

- This Maitland's farm?

- Yeah. I'd be scared if I were you.

Well, that's
all I needed to know.

- And why's that, huh?

- 'Cause now I know
I'm in the right place.

- Ah, Jesus man, those
fellows didn't mean no harm.

- How many in the house?

I don't know.

- How many?

- 10, 10, it's the O'Connells,

and they're here to celebrate.

- Celebrate what?

- I don't know. I'm treated
like a dog around here.

Oh, is that really necessary?

- Shut up.

Don't move.

- Yeah, get up, don't move.

You know how this would
be a lot easier, mate,

if you didn't shoot me
in both me legs, eh?

- Move.

- All right, yeah, here we go.

And we're off. We're at a crackin' pace.

I believe by that time you'll
be dog meat, eh, dog meat.

Ah, when that dog is ripping your throat,

boy, I'm gonna laugh.

- Shut up.

- I'm gonna laugh.

Did I ever tell you the story
about when I met your wife?

We had a good time.

And so did me and your daughter.

- Shut your mouth.

Papa!

- Lillian?

Don't move.

Papa?

Lillian?

- Papa, over here.

Lillian.

Are you all right?

Are you hurt?
- I'm fine.

Mother, mother.

- I know. I know.

It's okay.

Oh darling, oh.

It's all right, it's all
right, it's all right.

Okay, okay, I need you
to stay strong, okay?

Now head towards the
tree line, and you hide.

- No, no! Don't you leave me again!

- Lillian, I have to.
They won't stop otherwise.

- You said that before.

- I know darling, I know.

It's the only way.

- What about him?

- All right, good. Take him, now.

Take my hand.

It's all right.

- Remember what I told you.

Head towards the tree line and hide.

If you see something, or I don't come out,

you stay with the boy,
you run, and you run fast.

No, please.

- Lillian, do as I ask. It's the only way.

Stay strong, okay?

You look after her, okay?

I will, sir.

- Go.

I knew you'd
be here sooner or later.

- Sir, I was-

- Not you, you filthy scum.

Him.

The folk hero, the Aborigine-lover.

The man who will kill
according to his beliefs

about what is right or wrong.

Mr. Murphey, here
in my den, what an honor.

Would you like a drink Mr. Murphey?

- No, I don't think I would.

- Oh, I see, straight down
to business. I like that.

It avoids all the, shall we say, emotion?

So what is it you want?

- Justice.

I can see that
riding with her majesty

has given you somewhat of an attitude.

But I'm afraid, Mr. Murphey,
you are in no position

to make demands.

Go ahead.

On Jesus, man.

I can see you obviously mean business.

A fearless man if I ever
saw one, now I admire that.

Here's to you, sir.

And to your daughter, who
I presume is running free.

But don't worry, she'll be
caught and become a woman

sooner than you think.

Yes, you didn't
plan this through,

did you, Mr. Murphey?

- You're coming with me.

- No, I don't think so.

Ah, come on, you'd ruin
my evening.

Now just let me say this.

- Stop! I don't wanna hear you talk.

- You will hear me talk.

You come into my house
all high and mighty.

Do you know who I am?

- Yes, I know who you are.

- No, you know what I represent.

Authority, pure and simple.

- Your authority is based
on violence and fear.

- Exactly right, Mr.
Murphey, exactly right.

And justified by a desire to do good.

Unlike your violence and fear,

which is driven by
revenge and retribution.

Oh but, come on, we're not dissimilar.

Huh? It's a means to an end.

However, I can do whatever I please,

because mine is sanctioned
by the good Lord above.

And right now the Lord says
100 pounds for his head,

and 200 for the head of his
filthy rot of a daughter.

- Ah-ha!

- You damn bastard, you
ruined my dinner party.

- No! Ma!

Sheila!

Kill the bastard.

You think you can come
into my house and judge me?

You're nothing but a piece
of shit in the dirt, my dirt.

- Ah!

- Mr. Murphey, before I
kill you, contemplate this.

That bitch of a daughter of yours

will die a much slower,
more painful death.

Her majesty!

Fall.

- Come to me, lads.

Take aim, fire at will.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

- You know, you're not so good

at covering your tracks, Mr. Murphey.

- What took you so long?

My daughter, she's over
there by the tree line

with another child.

Make sure you men can get to her.

- Corporal, come here.

There's children in the
tree line over there.

You go there and guard them.

- Maitland, he's running.

- No, let's get the horses.

- All right, Captain, arrest me.

Enough games for one night.

Arrest me.

- You were right, Mr. Murphey,

a moral man cannot maintain his conscience

in an immoral world.

- Ah, sir.

Captain Dalton, now this
situation to my understanding,

is somewhat of a mess.

- Maitland's dead, sir.

- I damn well know that, Captain.

And I know he's lying
in the dirt over there.

If you wanted to run with
gunslingers, Captain,

you should've picked the other side.

Now, you promised me the
wanted man, Leon Murphey,

would be here.

But instead, you lead
me and my men into some,

some personal battle where
you can shoot Maitland.

- Lieutenant.

- Major.

- Major, it was I who shot him.

- And you are who?

- Former soldier of her majesty's army.

- A military man.

You wear no banner of her majesty.

- Because I am his prisoner, Major.

He was pursuing me after I
escaped, which led to here.

- You ran onto Maitland?

- No.

He held my daughter captive.

I am Leon Murphey,
formerly Private Murphey

of the 23rd brigade of her majesty's army.

I am a convicted murderer and
expected to be hanged today.

Captain Dalton was my escort.

He made no mistake. Here I am.

I knew he'd be here.

Captain Dalton, this man
is guilty, shall be hanged.

- Yes, sir.

- Place him in line with the rest.

He shall hang tomorrow
at dawn with the others.

- But sir-

- But nothing, Captain.

The law is the law.

Murderers must hang, and
order must be restored.

- What about my daughter?

- She'll we consigned to an orphanage.

Arrest this man. Take him to be hanged.

- Yes, sir. Attachment.

- What're you doing?

- I can't take anymore chances.

Maitland is not the first
and he won't be the last.

Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Murphey.

- You have nothing to be sorry about,

you did what you had to.

- If it's of any consolation,

I'll make sure she's taken care of.

She'll come to no harm.

Mr. Murphey.

Why didn't you tell me
you were in her majesty's?

- Would it have mattered?

Attachment, fall in.

- Oh, and Captain, it is
possible to maintain a conscience

in an immoral world.

And it's damn easy to die in one.

To keep on living, that's the hard part.