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''The Deadlands'' is a 2014 New Zealand film directed by Toa Fraser. After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Māori warrior (Lawrence Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
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''The Deadlands'' Dead Lands'' is a 2014 New Zealand film directed by Toa Fraser. After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Māori warrior (Lawrence Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Main/ItsPersonal because Wirepa's betrayal of Hongi's tribe crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Main/ItsPersonal because Wirepa's betrayal of Hongi's tribe crossed the MoralEventHorizon.MoralEventHorizon.
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* BadassNative: ''[[WorldOfBadass Everyone]]''.
* BigBad: Wirepa.
* BladeOnAStick: Hongi fights with a ''taiaha''.
* BigBad: Wirepa.
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* BladeOnAStick: Hongi fights with a ''taiaha''.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can speak to the dead, and apparently The Warrior's wives can as well.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can speak to the dead, and apparently The Warrior's wives can as well. Subverted as not only are Māori not Native Americans (though they fill the same societal role as an indigenous people), ''everyone in the movie is Māori''.
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''The Deadlands'' is a 2014 New Zealander film directed by Toa Fraser. After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Maori warrior (Lawrence Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
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''The Deadlands'' is a 2014 New Zealander Zealand film directed by Toa Fraser. After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Maori Māori warrior (Lawrence Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Being set in pre-colonial New Zealand, all of the Maori wear traditional native costume.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Being set in pre-colonial New Zealand, all of the Maori Māori wear traditional native costume.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.Māori.
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* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Film/{{Utu}}'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
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* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Film/{{Utu}}'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori Māori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
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** BiggerBad: Wirepa's father, who is the chief of the enemy tribe and the one who Wirepa wants to please with his actions.
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'''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3399916 The Deadlands]]''' is a 2014 New Zealander film directed by Toa Fraser. After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Maori warrior (Lawrence Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
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* NoNameGiven: [[UnnamedParent Hongi's father, father]], his grandmother, The Warrior, and [[UnnamedParent Wirepa's father.father]].
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* TheNameless: NoNameGiven: Hongi's father, his grandmother, The Warrior, and Wirepa's father.
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* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: Main/ItsPersonal because Wirepa's betrayal of Hongi's tribe crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Where the warrior spirit was born.]]
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* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after her murder.
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* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Utu'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
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* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Utu'', ''Film/{{Utu}}'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Members of Wirepa's tribe are distinguished by their blue garments and matching haircuts.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Members of Wirepa's tribe are distinguished by their blue green garments and matching haircuts.
* CoolSword: The Warrior wields a ''mere''(a sword-like weapon (an edged club carved from a piece of jade stone). Late in the movie Wirepa's men find some blades studded with shark teeth, which they use very effectively.
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* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after her murder
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* GlorySeeker: Wirepa's quest for glory is what drives him to attack Hongi's tribe in the first place, kicking off the plot.
* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after hermurdermurder.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after her
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Every character is this in some way, true to the warrior culture of the Maori.
** The film itself is a deconstruction of warrior societies and the obligations they force on members. Wirepa is so eager to achieve glory in battle that he defiles the remains of his own ancestors to give him an excuse to make war on Hongi's tribe. Hongi's father is willing to sacrifice his own son to pay recompense for this perceived slight, and his death at Wirepa's hands spurs Hongi to kill Wirepa in turn. The Warrior speaks against this mindset, claiming that there is no such thing as honor in battle and that anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or trying to fool others. The cycle only ends when [[spoiler: Hongi spares Wirepa and sends him back to his village, preventing his next of kin from taking revenge.]]
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* ShroudedInMyth: No one knows the true story of the Deadlands, with most believing that the tribe who lived there simply vanished one day and that the warrior who stalks the area is a vengeful spirit.
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* ShroudedInMyth: No one knows the true story of the Deadlands, with most believing that the tribe who lived there simply vanished one day and that the warrior who stalks the area is a vengeful spirit.spirit [[spoiler: turns out The Warrior is just a man, and the reason the tribe disappeared is because he killed them]].
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* CoolOldGuy: Hongi's father, who cares for his family and tribe and tries to seek peace with Wirepa's tribe rather than start a war ([[ForgoneConclusion it doesn't work]]).
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* CoolOldGuy: Hongi's father, who cares for his family and tribe and tries to seek peace with Wirepa's tribe rather than start a war ([[ForgoneConclusion ([[ForegoneConclusion it doesn't work]]).
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* DesignatedHer The Warrior is a violent, petty, misanthrope who eagerly kills most anyone he comes across. The only reason he could be called heroic at all is because he (begrudgingly) helps Hongi avenge his father's death.
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* MentorArchetype: Hongi gets three over the course of the film: [[DeceasedParentsAreTheBest his father]], [[SpiritAdvisor his grandmother]], and [[CynicalMentor The Warrior]].
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'''The Deadlands''' is a 2014 Kiwi film directed by Toa Fraser. The After his father and most of his tribe is killed by a warrior from a rival tribe, orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary Maori warrior (Lawrence Makaore).
Makaore) so that he can avenge his father's death.
*AntiHero: The Warrior is a violent, petty, misanthrope who eagerly kills most anyone he comes across. The only reason he could be called heroic at all is because he (begrudgingly) helps Hongi avenge his father's death.
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* DesignatedHero: DesignatedHer The Warrior is a violent, petty, misanthrope who eagerly kills most anyone he comes across. The only reason he could be called heroic at all is because he (begrudgingly) helps Hongi avenge his father's death.
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* BadassNative: [[WorldOfBadass ''Everyone'']].
* BigBad: Wirepa.
** BiggerBad: Wirepa's father, who is the chief of the enemy tribe and the one who Wirepa wants to please with his actions.
* BladeOnAStick: Hongi fights with ataiaha.''taiaha''.
* BigBad: Wirepa.
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* CoolSword: The Warrior carries a sword-like weapon carved from a piece of stone. Although it looks like an ImpossiblyCoolWeapon, high ranking Maori actually used these in addition to knuckledusters, spears and clubs.
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* CallBack: Hongi's demand for "blood for blood" is a reference to {{TheWestern}} {{film/Utu}}, a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Members of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
Wirepa's tribe are distinguished by their blue garments and matching haircuts.
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* CoolOldGuy: Hongi's father, who cares for his family andclubs.tribe and tries to seek peace with Wirepa's tribe rather than start a war ([[ForgoneConclusion it doesn't work]]).
* CruelMercy: Hongi chooses to spare [[spoiler: Wirepa]] instead of giving him an honorable death.
* DesignatedHero: The Warrior is a violent, petty, misanthrope who eagerly kills most anyone he comes across. The only reason he could be called heroic at all is because he (begrudgingly) helps Hongi avenge his father's death.
* CoolSword: The Warrior carries a sword-like weapon carved from a piece of stone.
* CoolOldGuy: Hongi's father, who cares for his family and
* CruelMercy: Hongi chooses to spare [[spoiler: Wirepa]] instead of giving him an honorable death.
* DesignatedHero: The Warrior is a violent, petty, misanthrope who eagerly kills most anyone he comes across. The only reason he could be called heroic at all is because he (begrudgingly) helps Hongi avenge his father's death.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can talk to the dead, and the Warrior has superhuman strength.
* NobleSavage: TheNameless Warrior who made the Deadlands his home.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and {{Main/Revenge}}.
* TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is Chief of the tribe.
* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after her murder.
* TheSavageIndian: The BigBad Wirepa and his {{Main/Mooks}} massacre Hongi's entire family.
* InjunCountry: New Zealand is a tropical jungle in the SavageSouth populated by warring tribes.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can talk to the dead, and the Warrior has superhuman strength.
* NobleSavage: TheNameless Warrior who made the Deadlands his home.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and {{Main/Revenge}}.
* TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is Chief of the tribe.
* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after her murder.
* TheSavageIndian: The BigBad Wirepa and his {{Main/Mooks}} massacre Hongi's entire family.
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* TheDreaded: Wirepa to Hongi, The Warrior, who kills and eats anyone who enters his lands, and is the Warrior main reason why people are so scared to Wirepa.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can talk to the dead, and the Warrior has superhuman strength.
* NobleSavage: TheNameless Warrior who madeenter the Deadlands his home.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and {{Main/Revenge}}.
* TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is Chief ofin the tribe.
first place.
* TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritAdvisor after hermurder.
murder
*TheSavageIndian: ImAHumanitarian: Cannibalism is referenced multiple times, and several of the characters engage in it openly.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can speak to the dead, and apparently TheBigBad Wirepa and his {{Main/Mooks}} massacre Warrior's wives can as well.
* TheNameless: Hongi'sentire family.
father, his grandmother, The Warrior, and Wirepa's father.
*InjunCountry: New Zealand OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother, who appears to him in visions in order to guide him.
* {{Revenge}}: After their village isa tropical jungle ransacked, the surviving members of Hongi's tribe all beckon him to get retribution on Wirepa. He obliges.
* TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is ''rangatira'' of his tribe.
* {{Pride}}: Wirepa's FatalFlaw. He decides to walk through the forbidden Deadlands instead of around them, claiming that the spirits will be too in awe of him to do anything (making an enemy of [[TheDreaded The Warrior]] in theSavageSouth populated by warring tribes.process). He refuses to listen to any dissenting voices even as more and more of his followers die, and even kills one of his own men for challenging him.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can talk to the dead, and the Warrior has superhuman strength.
* NobleSavage: TheNameless Warrior who made
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and {{Main/Revenge}}.
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can speak to the dead, and apparently The
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* {{Revenge}}: After their village is
* TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is ''rangatira'' of his tribe.
* {{Pride}}: Wirepa's FatalFlaw. He decides to walk through the forbidden Deadlands instead of around them, claiming that the spirits will be too in awe of him to do anything (making an enemy of [[TheDreaded The Warrior]] in the
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Two of Wirepa's warriors go off on their own after Wirepa enters the Deadlands, thinking the area's spirits will take revenge on him for disturbing them and that they should leave while they still have a chance (ironically, they're actually the first to be killed by Hongi and The Warrior).
* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Utu'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
* ShroudedInMyth: No one knows the true story of the Deadlands, with most believing that the tribe who lived there simply vanished one day and that the warrior who stalks the area is a vengeful spirit.
* StonePunk: Neolithic technology plus the Warrior's intimidatingmohawk
mohawk.
* TattooAsCharacterType:Makaore's The Warrior's facial tattoos mark single him out as a veteran warrior.warrior, while Hongi's father's tattoos mark him as a man of high status.
* ShoutOut: Hongi's demand of "blood for blood" is a reference to ''Utu'', a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
* ShroudedInMyth: No one knows the true story of the Deadlands, with most believing that the tribe who lived there simply vanished one day and that the warrior who stalks the area is a vengeful spirit.
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* CallBack: Hongi's demand for "blood for blood" is a reference to {{TheWestern}} {{film/Utu}}, a 1984 film with a similar plot concerning the Maori custom of taking gruesome revenge on a dead family member's behalf.
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* TheDreaded: Wirepa to Hongi, and the Warrior to Wirepa.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Hongi can talk to the dead, and the Warrior has superhuman strength.
* NobleSavage:The unnamed TheNameless Warrior who made the Deadlands his home.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove andMain/Revenge.{{Main/Revenge}}.
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The Deadlands is a 2014 Kiwi film directed by Toa Fraser. The orphaned teenager Hongi (James Rolleston) travels to the barren Deadlands in search for a legendary warrior (Lawrence Makaore).
*BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Being set in pre-colonial New Zealand, all of the Maori wear traditional native costume.
*DontGoIntoTheWoods: The Deadlands has a reputation for being a creepy and dangerous place.
*NobleSavage: The unnamed Warrior who made the Deadlands his home.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and Main/Revenge.
*TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is Chief of the tribe.
*TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritualAdviser after her murder.
*TheSavageIndian: Wirepa and his men massacre Hongi's entire family.
*InjunCountry: New Zealand is a tropical jungle in the SavageSouth populated by warring tribes.
*SixthRangerTraitor: At the beginning of the movie the chief is betrayed by one of his own.
*StonePunk: Neolithic technology plus the Warrior's intimidating mohawk
*YouKilledMyFather: Main/ItsPersonal because Wirepa's betrayal of Hongi's tribe crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
IMDB article: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3399916/
*BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Being set in pre-colonial New Zealand, all of the Maori wear traditional native costume.
*DontGoIntoTheWoods: The Deadlands has a reputation for being a creepy and dangerous place.
*NobleSavage: The unnamed Warrior who made the Deadlands his home.
*OurGhostsAreDifferent: Hongi's grandmother is motivated by a combination of ThePowerOfLove and Main/Revenge.
*TheGoodKing: Hongi's father is Chief of the tribe.
*TheObiWan: The FriendlyGhost of Hongi's grandmother continues to act as his SpiritualAdviser after her murder.
*TheSavageIndian: Wirepa and his men massacre Hongi's entire family.
*InjunCountry: New Zealand is a tropical jungle in the SavageSouth populated by warring tribes.
*SixthRangerTraitor: At the beginning of the movie the chief is betrayed by one of his own.
*StonePunk: Neolithic technology plus the Warrior's intimidating mohawk
*YouKilledMyFather: Main/ItsPersonal because Wirepa's betrayal of Hongi's tribe crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
IMDB article: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3399916/
