Mt. Zion 2013 123movies

Watch: Mt. Zion 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – Turei’s family are hard-working potato farm workers in rural New Zealand. A talented musician, Turei dreams of his band being the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 tour. But it’s a dream that challenges the traditions and values of his upbringing and will set him at odds with his family – particularly his father, a true man of the land..
Plot: Singer Stan Walker makes his acting debut playing the lead role in feature film Mt Zion, shot in Pukekohe, Auckland. Walker stars as Turei, a talented young musician with a dream – for his band to win the audition to be the support act for Bob Marley’s 1979 concert in Auckland. Set amongst a Maori family of contract potato pickers in Pukekohe, in which Turei’s desperate ambition clashes with traditional whanau values, leading to an emotional showdown and powerful change. Temuera Morrison (Once Were Warriors), plays Turei’s father, the hard-working head contractor who has some lost ambitions of his own. Mt Zion is written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, who made the international award-winning short film Taua. Stan Walker won the 2009 Australian Idol singing contest and is now signed to Sony Music as a recording artist and EMI publishing as song writer.
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It’s not that bad – if you want to find out about a little bit of NZ’s history, it’s worth a look
I really quite enjoyed it – being English it was a nice thing to hear the Maori language spoken in a movie – in context too, as it would have been used more back then than it is now. Did they really say ‘bro that much back then though???

Stan Walker’s not a great actor, but better than I thought he would be. Voice is great though! The other kiwi actors are good, better than Stan and everyone copes with a pretty poor script at times. Tem Morrison is a little underused.

The band mostly look like they can play the instruments too, which is refreshing – as it adds to the reality. Musically you’ll be tapping feet, if not swaying to the beats.

Overall it’s not going to win awards but the pace is just about acceptable and handling of the musical numbers is pretty good. The look captures the 70’s era well, with the fantastic motor cars of the time being quintessentially NZ and adding colour and style.

Maori rural charm let down by shortcomings
I’m a sucker for movies from New Zealand, which has produced some great Maori movies over the years, from the brutal Once Were Warriors and the bloodletting colonial-western Utu, to the delightful Boy and the spiritual Whale Rider.

Alas, this one falls well short of its peers. Its portrayal of rural life in the 70s has charm but it strives a little too hard for cuteness, falling into sentimentality and idealization of poor but honest Maori family life. The story fails to fulfill any promise, pacing and direction have problems, but the acting really lets this movie down. The dialog can be unintelligible with accents from a later era it seems, and even Stan Walker’s wonderful singing detracts from the movie’s authenticity, with Walker’s neo-soul style out of sync with the times. Temuera Morrison alone is left to carry the acting, but often has little to do except glare for the camera’s gaze. The cinematography is a standout, though Pukekohe is idealized, like the times, as a perpetually sunny rural haven (it was either overcast or raining both times I visited!).

Despite its shortcomings, Mt Zion holds interest for the outsider as a social document of Maori life and marae ritual, even though the movie seems to be made primarily for a Maori audience. There’s enough charm to keep you engaged, and Bob Marley’s digitized cameo is a curious highlight.

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Original Language en
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Revenue 200
Status Released
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Genre Drama
Director Tearepa Kahi
Writer Tearepa Kahi
Actors Stan Walker, Temuera Morrison, Miriama Smith
Country New Zealand
Awards 1 win & 9 nominations
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