Utu (1983)

Geoff Murphy

⚠ Unverified — hosted on the Internet Archive, not confirmed public domain. Opens on archive.org; nothing plays here directly.

Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film that follows Te Wheke, a Māori warrior who initially fights for the British during the New Zealand Wars. After discovering that colonial forces have destroyed his village and killed his family, he deserts the British and embarks on a quest for revenge against those responsible, leading to a violent insurgency against the colonizers.Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata Mita. The film is set in 1870 in the North Island and has been described as a New Zealand Western.