‘The Convert’ Review: Guy Pearce Is a Remorseful Warrior in Blood-Soaked New Zealand Period Piece
variety.comCarlos Aguilar When lay minister Thomas Munro (Guy Pearce) first reaches the shores of New Zealand in 1830, he does so on a white horse.
A religious British man riding into a far-off land on his milky stallion is the picture of a white savior if there ever was one.
But director Lee Tamahori has other plans for this well-spoken man of God in his blood-soaked period drama “The Convert,” his first feature film outing since 2016’s soapy “The Patriarch.” From the onset, the stunning vistas, handsomely photographed by Gin Loane, signal the underlying theme of the narrative: Survival belongs to the strongest, a precept that grows in significance as the plot progresses.
The fierce introduction to this unforgiving environment is a shot of a large bird making a smaller one its prey in one swift motion.
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