Sydney Morning Herald
(Hayes') direction is confident, his instincts for tension and decompression good.
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Gold (2021)
Australian actor Anthony Hayes (Animal Kingdom) directs, co-writes, and co-stars with Zac Efron in this outback thriller following two drifters who stumble upon an incredibly huge nugget of gold in the middle of nowhere. However, in order to excavate their treasure, one must return to grab tools while the other stays put and endures the harsh desert climate.
2021Rating: R13, Violence, offensive language & content that may disturb96 minsAustralia
Thriller
- Director:
- Anthony Hayes
- Writer:
- Anthony HayesPolly Smyth
- Cast:
- Zac EfronAnthony HayesSusie Porter
Gold (2021) | Reviews
Zac Efron's famous face puckers with sunburn blisters and wilts with dehydration as he pursues a lump of gold in this lean, mean and solidly entertaining Australian-shot genre film.
Stuff
Gold is surely an exercise in style over substance. And yet... I reckon Gold – on a cinema screen – is well worth 96 minutes of your time.
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FilmInk
Anthony Hayes has managed to craft a nerve-wracking survival legend that is at once compelling, visceral and utterly unique in its own clogging ether of desperation and despair.
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The Guardian
(Hayes and Efron) deliver strong performances but this dystopian vision becomes gratingly thin...
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