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Dying Breed

Dying Breed2008

Some species are better off dead.

Directed by Jody Dwyer

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Year
2008
Runtime
92 min

The premise

An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Four hikers venture deep into isolated territory to find one of these legends, but which one will they come upon first?

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Deep in the unforgiving Tasmanian wilderness, four hikers set out on a search for evidence of the supposedly extinct thylacine — but the remote bush harbors far darker secrets than a lost animal. Local legend speaks of Alexander Pearce, a convicted cannibal hanged in 1824, and the isolated community they encounter suggests his bloodline may never have died out. What begins as a wildlife expedition quickly spirals into a desperate fight against a threat that is disturbingly, inescapably human. Australia's savage landscape becomes as much an enemy as the horrors that stalk the group from within the trees.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Cannibalism, Bear Trap Injury, Amputation, Threat Of Sexual Violence

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