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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Johnny is this to Pete Bailey from ''Film/MysteryRoad''. Pete was a fairly young blue-collar ranch kid, Johnny is a middle-aged CorruptCorporateExecutive. Pete came across as somewhat AxCrazy, believing that MurderIsTheBestSolution and often committing the murders himself, Johnny prefers to bribe people to leave him alone or delegate his killing to others. Pete controlled sex workers through drugs, Johnny controls them through legal chicanery. Pete had a low-ranking DirtyCop in his organization, while the influential local Mayor is in Johnny's pocket. Pete is an outspoken racist, while any racism Johnny displays is more subtle an he's at least willing to employ Aboriginal and Asian henchmen. Pete is an experienced hunter and killer who goes to the final battle with the rest of his gang, while Johnny is a NonActionGuy cuts and runs the first chance he gets. [[spoiler: Pete is shot dead, while Johnny escapes town]].
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Johnny is this to Pete Bailey [[spoiler: Sam Bailey]] from ''Film/MysteryRoad''. Pete [[spoiler: Sam]] was a fairly young blue-collar ranch kid, rancher, Johnny is a middle-aged CorruptCorporateExecutive. Pete [[spoiler: Sam]] came across as somewhat AxCrazy, believing that MurderIsTheBestSolution and often committing the murders himself, Johnny prefers to bribe people to leave him alone or delegate his killing to others. Pete [[spoiler: Sam]] controlled sex workers through drugs, Johnny controls them through legal chicanery. Pete [[spoiler: Sam]] had a low-ranking DirtyCop in his organization, while the influential local Mayor is in Johnny's pocket. Pete [[spoiler: Sam]] is an outspoken racist, as are his men, while any racism Johnny displays is more subtle an he's at least willing to employ Aboriginal and Asian henchmen. Pete is an experienced hunter and killer who [[spoiler: Sam]] goes to the final battle with the rest of his gang, gang (albeit lingering in the back), while Johnny is a NonActionGuy who cuts and runs the first chance he gets. [[spoiler: Pete Sam is shot dead, while Johnny escapes town]].
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* LadyMacBeth: After Jimmy refuses to support the land deal, although frustrated, Johnny is willing to accept the loss and simply stick with what they already have, but Maureen refuses to take this lying down.
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* TheAtoner: Tommy ultimately chooses to turn himself in and confess to everything. Josh himself feels a little of this by the end.
* BystanderSyndrome: Several Furnace Creek minors show little to no emotion when they see Jay and Josh barging into the place with their guns.
* CompanyTown: Johnny claims that Goldstone will live or die based on the expansion and prosperity of Furnace Creek. From what we see, this is fairly accurate, which leaves the town's fate at the end of the movie questionable.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Josh serves as this to Johnno, although neither was ''the'' main character in either movie. Johnno is a bearded, older policeman while Josh is a clean-shaven younger one. Johnno is a CreepyGood CowboyCop while Josh is an earnest ByTheBookCop for the most part. Johnno's WorkingTheSameCase investigation is largely off-screen, while Josh's gets a larger amount of screen-time. Johnno keeps his cards close to his chest rather than confiding in other local authorities, while Josh perhaps trusts the local bigwigs a little too much (at least initially).initially) even after Johnny outright offers him a bribe. Johnno's interactions with Jay are filled with ambiguity, potential threats and feeling each other out while Josh's are more straightforward and a bit frustrated at times. Johnno is an excellent sniper, while Josh is better with a pistol and shotgun. Johnno came to the outback to get away from some kind of trouble (it's hinted he killed someone by accident) before the beginning of ''Film/MysteryRoad'', while Josh leaves the outback at the end of ''Goldstone'' to get away from the trouble and corruption. [[spoiler: Johnno is gunned down during his SniperDuel with Pete, while Josh survives]].survives]].
* CoolOldGuy: Jimmy, who befriends Jay, telling him stories about his family, and is the fist local of note to stand up to Furnace Creek.
* CoolOldGuy: Jimmy, who befriends Jay, telling him stories about his family, and is the fist local of note to stand up to Furnace Creek.
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* KarmaHoudini: While the operation is brought down, and Federal authorities become involved in the follow-up, Maureen and Johnny both escape the town and are still at large when they're last heard of.
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* NeverSuicide: Jimmy's killers try to make it look like he hanged himself. Jay doesn't believe it and, after a little digging, neither does Josh* KarmaHoudini: While the operation is brought down, and Federal authorities become involved in the follow-up, Maureen and Johnny both escape the town and are still at large when they're last heard of.
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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Following the hornet's nest he stirred up in ''Film/MysteryRoad'', Jay is assigned to investigate a six month old missing person case in the middle of nowhere.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Johnny is this to Pete Bailey from ''Film/MysteryRoad''. Pete was a fairly young blue-collar ranch kid, Johnny is a middle-aged CorruptCorporateExecutive. Pete came across as somewhat AxCrazy, believing that MurderIsTheBestSolution and often committing the murders himself, Johnny prefers to bribe people to leave him alone or delegate his killing to others. Pete controlled sex workers through drugs, Johnny controls them through legal chicanery. Pete had a low-ranking DirtyCop in his organization, while the influential local Mayor is in Johnny's pocket. Pete is an outspoken racist, while any racism Johnny displays is more subtle an he's at least willing to employ Aboriginal and Asian henchmen. Pete is an experienced hunter and killer who goes to the final battle with the rest of his gang, while Johnny is a NonActionGuy cuts and runs the first chance he gets. [[spoiler: Pete is shot dead, while Johnny escapes town]].
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Johnny is this to Pete Bailey from ''Film/MysteryRoad''. Pete was a blue-collar ranch kid, Johnny is a CorruptCorporateExecutive. Pete came across as somewhat AxCrazy, believing that MurderIsTheBestSolution and often committing the murders himself, Johnny prefers to bribe people to leave him alone.alone or delegate his killing to others. Pete controlled sex workers through drugs, Johnny controls them through legal chicanery. Pete had a low-ranking DirtyCop in his organization, while the influential local Mayor is in Johnny's pocket. Pete is an outspoken racist, while any racism Johnny displays is more subtle an he's at least willing to employ Aboriginal and Asian henchmen. Pete is an experienced hunter and killer who goes to the final battle with the rest of his gang, while Johnny is a NonActionGuy cuts and runs the first chance he gets. [[spoiler: Pete is shot dead, while Johnny escapes town]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Josh serves as this to Johnno, although neither was ''the'' main character in either movie. Johnno is a bearded, older policeman while Josh is a clean-shaven younger one. Johnno is a CreepyGood CowboyCop while Josh is an earnest ByTheBookCop for the most part. Johnno's WorkingTheSameCase investigation is largely off-screen, while Josh's gets a larger amount of screen-time. Johnno keeps his cards close to his chest rather than confiding in other local authorities, while Josh perhaps trusts the local bigwigs a little too much (at least initially). Johnno's interactions with Jay are filled with ambiguity, potential threats and feeling each other out while Jay's are more straightforward and a bit frustrated at times. Johnno is an excellent sniper, while Josh is better with a pistol and shotgun. Johnno came to the outback to get away from some kind of trouble (it's hinted he killed someone by accident) before the beginning of ''Film/MysteryRoad'', while Josh leaves the outback at the end of ''Goldstone'' to get away from the trouble and corruption. [[spoiler: Johnno is gunned down during his SniperDuel with Pete, while Josh survives]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Josh serves as this to Johnno, although neither was ''the'' main character in either movie. Johnno is a bearded, older policeman while Josh is a clean-shaven younger one. Johnno is a CreepyGood CowboyCop while Josh is an earnest ByTheBookCop for the most part. Johnno's WorkingTheSameCase investigation is largely off-screen, while Josh's gets a larger amount of screen-time. Johnno keeps his cards close to his chest rather than confiding in other local authorities, while Josh perhaps trusts the local bigwigs a little too much (at least initially). Johnno's interactions with Jay are filled with ambiguity, potential threats and feeling each other out while Jay's Josh's are more straightforward and a bit frustrated at times. Johnno is an excellent sniper, while Josh is better with a pistol and shotgun. Johnno came to the outback to get away from some kind of trouble (it's hinted he killed someone by accident) before the beginning of ''Film/MysteryRoad'', while Josh leaves the outback at the end of ''Goldstone'' to get away from the trouble and corruption. [[spoiler: Johnno is gunned down during his SniperDuel with Pete, while Josh survives]].
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Josh serves as this to Johnno, although neither was ''the'' main character in either movie. Johnno is a bearded, older policeman while Josh is a clean-shaven younger one. Johnno is a CreepyGood CowboyCop while Josh is an earnest ByTheBookCop for the most part. Johnno's WorkingTheSameCase investigation is largely off-screen, while Josh's gets a larger amount of screen-time. Johnno keeps his cards close to his chest rather than confiding in other local authorities, while Josh perhaps trusts the local bigwigs a little too much (at least initially). Johnno's interactions with Jay are filled with ambiguity, potential threats and feeling each other out while Jay's are more straightforward and a bit frustrated at times. Johnno is an excellent sniper, while Josh is better with a pistol and shotgun. Johnno came to the outback to get away from some kind of trouble (it's hinted he killed someone by accident) before the beginning of ''Film/MysteryRoad'', while Josh leaves the outback at the end of ''Goldstone'' to get away from the trouble and corruption. [[spoiler: Johnno is gunned down during his SniperDuel with Pete, while Josh survives]].
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Josh serves as this to Johnno, although neither was ''the'' main character in either movie. Johnno is a bearded, older policeman while Josh is a clean-shaven younger one. Johnno is a CreepyGood CowboyCop while Josh is an earnest ByTheBookCop for the most part. Johnno's WorkingTheSameCase investigation is largely off-screen, while Josh's gets a larger amount of screen-time. Johnno keeps his cards close to his chest rather than confiding in other local authorities, while Josh perhaps trusts the local bigwigs a little too much (at least initially). Johnno's interactions with Jay are filled with ambiguity, potential threats and feeling each other out while Jay's are more straightforward and a bit frustrated at times. Johnno is an excellent sniper, while Josh is better with a pistol and shotgun. Johnno came to the outback to get away from some kind of trouble (it's hinted he killed someone by accident) before the beginning of ''Film/MysteryRoad'', while Josh leaves the outback at the end of ''Goldstone'' to get away from the trouble and corruption. [[spoiler: Johnno is gunned down during his SniperDuel with Pete, while Josh survives]].
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Jimmy is the local manager for the Furnace Creek Mining Group. He is lying to his superiors in order to push through a crooked land deal; bribing local officials; turning a blind eye when one of his partners sanctions a murder; is importing {{Sex Slave}}s to work in a quasi-legal brothel; etc.
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* CallBack: The way Jay saves Josh is very similar to the way Johnno saved Jay in ''Film/MysteryRoad''.
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* NewOldWest: Possibly even more so that ''Film/MysteryRoad'', with a corrupt mining company, crooked land deals taking advantage of the Natives, Chinese {{Soiled Dove}}s, an outlaw (biker) gang, and a final shootout out of ''Film/HghNoon''.
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* HumanTraffickers: The mining company is flying in indentured sex workers to work at a brothel located just off the mine's property, allowing plausible deniability. Mrs Lao handles this side of the business, allowing Johnny to keep his hands clean.
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* DisposableSexWorker: The missing person Jay originally arrives to investigate turns out to be one of the prostitutes from the mine who tried to escape. No one from the mine reported her missing, and Jay eventually finds her body in the desert, having died a few feet away from water.
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* CarFu: The Howlers attempt to ram Jay's car of the road. He manages to turn the tables and runs their car into a solid metal fence post.
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* AsianHookerStereoype: The Chinese girls brought in to work at the mine's brothel are instructed to act this way as it is what the men expect.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutice: Jimmy is the local manager for the Furnace Creek Mining Group. He is lying to his superiors in order to push through a crooked land deal; bribing local officials; turning a blind eye when one of his partners sanctions a murder; is importing {{Sex Slaves}}s to work in a quasi-legal brothel; etc.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Patch, the leader of the Howlers, gets his name from the distinctive eyepatch he wears, which makes him look really badass.
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''Goldstone'' is a 2016 Australian crime thriller film directed by Ivan Sen. It is a sequel to ''Film/MysteryRoad'' and stars Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Wenham Creator/DavidWenham and David Gulpilil.
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[[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goldstone.jpg]]
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Furnace Creek Mining Group employs a motorcycle gang called the Howlers as enforcers; using them to deal with troublemakers while maintaining plausible deniability.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Maureen paints herself as a harmless old lady who likes baking pies. However, she is actually a heartless bitch who cares for nobody but herself and even admits as much to Jay.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Maureen paints herself as a harmless old lady who likes baking pies. However, she is actually a heartless bitch who cares for nobody but herself and even admits as much to Jay.
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* ThePlace: Goldstone is flyspeck mining town in the middle of nowhere.
* ThePlace: Goldstone is flyspeck mining town in the middle of nowhere.
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''Goldstone'' is a 2016 Australian crime thriller film directed by Ivan Sen. It is a sequel to ''Film/MysteryRoad'' and stars Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Wenham and David Gulpilil.
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple light duty investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Furnace Creek Mining Group employs a motorcycle gang called the Howlers as enforcers; using them to deal with troublemakers while maintaining plausible deniability.
* CorruptHick: Maureen is the mayor of Goldstone, and is in bed with the local mining corporation as they try to push through a crooked land deal. She will do anything, including murder, to make sure she gets her piece of the pie.
* CowboyCop: Once again Jay finds himself on the outs with everyone in his relentless quest to uncover the truth,
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Pinky runs a one-woman travelling brothel, and she is the first person to steer Jay towards what is going on in Goldstone. Her happy-go-lucky attitude stands in contrast to the indentured {{Sex Slave}}s at the mine.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is unclear if the two appearances of Jimmy's 'ghost' were supernatural or not. The two witnesses both had good reason to hallucinate the vision, with Jay being drunk and Tommy suffering from a guilty conscience.
* SexSlave: The Furnace Creek Mining Group flies in indebted sex workers from China to work off their debt providing sexual services to the miners. Mrs Lao holds their passports so they cannot flee.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Follwing the hornet's nest he stirred up in ''Film/MysteryRoad'', Jay is assigned to investigate a six month old missing person case in the middle of nowhere.
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Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple light duty investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
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* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Furnace Creek Mining Group employs a motorcycle gang called the Howlers as enforcers; using them to deal with troublemakers while maintaining plausible deniability.
* CorruptHick: Maureen is the mayor of Goldstone, and is in bed with the local mining corporation as they try to push through a crooked land deal. She will do anything, including murder, to make sure she gets her piece of the pie.
* CowboyCop: Once again Jay finds himself on the outs with everyone in his relentless quest to uncover the truth,
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Pinky runs a one-woman travelling brothel, and she is the first person to steer Jay towards what is going on in Goldstone. Her happy-go-lucky attitude stands in contrast to the indentured {{Sex Slave}}s at the mine.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is unclear if the two appearances of Jimmy's 'ghost' were supernatural or not. The two witnesses both had good reason to hallucinate the vision, with Jay being drunk and Tommy suffering from a guilty conscience.
* SexSlave: The Furnace Creek Mining Group flies in indebted sex workers from China to work off their debt providing sexual services to the miners. Mrs Lao holds their passports so they cannot flee.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Follwing the hornet's nest he stirred up in ''Film/MysteryRoad'', Jay is assigned to investigate a six month old missing person case in the middle of nowhere.
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