Goldstone (film)
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| Directed by | Ivan Sen |
| Produced by | David Jowsey Greer Simpkin |
| Written by | Ivan Sen |
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Aaron Pedersen Alex Russell David Gulpilil Jacki Weaver David Wenham |
| Music by | Ivan Sen |
| Cinematography | Ivan Sen |
| Edited by | Ivan Sen |
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110 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Goldstone is a 2016 Australian crime thriller film written and directed by Ivan Sen. It is a sequel to Mystery Road and stars Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Wenham and David Gulpilil.
Three years after exposing the corruption in his hometown of Winton, Indigenous Detective Jay Swan is sent to the small mining town of Goldstone to find a missing Asian tourist. He is pulled over by young local cop Josh for driving under the influence, who informs the town's corrupt mayor Maureen. Jay tells Josh of his case and Josh reluctantly lets him stay at his house.
Josh goes to the local mine, Furnace Creek, to meet with the mine's supervisor Johnny, who attempts to bribe Josh into helping Furnace Creek expand their operations. Johnny meets with Maureen, who is trying to help him get past the local Indigenous land council by bribing the land council's head Tommy into allowing the use of Indigenous land. Jay meets with a local Aboriginal elder, Jimmy, on his search for the missing Asian tourist, who leads him to Furnace Creek. Jay sneaks past the security checkpoint and observes several young Asian women leaving a plane and climbing into a van. The women are being forced into prostitution to pay off their individual, unspecified debts. As he returns to his car, he is arrested by Furnace Creek security and detained for the night, where Johnny attempts to intimidate him.
Upon release, Jay goes to Josh's house, where he is chastised. Jay receives an anonymous phone call offering information on his case. Johnny and Maureen attend a press conference where they announce the expansion, but Jimmy leaves, denying them his signature of approval. Jay receives one of the girls' passports from the caller, the notices Josh's car. He follows Josh to the local creek, where Jimmy's body is hanging from a tree. Jay suspects foul play, but Josh states that Tommy witnessed it.
Josh goes to the local bar/brothel, where the Asian girls are being kept. He befriends a prostitute called Mei and tells her to contact him if she needs help. Jay visits Tommy, who confesses and tells him that Jimmy's death was not a suicide and he was killed by the gang of bikers who work as hitmen for Furnace Creek. Jay consults the man who found the passport and explores the area where it was found. There he finds the skeleton who he assumes was the girl he was assigned to find.
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