I would not call myself a student of Maori culture or history. This movie is like a cartoon. It probably would have been better had it been animated. It is not a three dimensional portrayal of tribal ways. It is more like a cartoon or a caricature. Of some. ridiculously head strong, prideful, silly, foolish, churlish warrior types. Hell bent on destruction over the smallest perceived slight. Were the Maori tribes really this ignorant? Or were they a Noble people figjting over a just cause? This movie certainly does not portray the latter. And I'm not knowledgeable enough to know the real facts. Just cultural enough to know when a movie is terrible.
Review of The Dead Lands
