History Film / Goldstone

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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, Creator/DavidWenham and David Gulpilil.

* 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.

* ThePlace: Goldstone is flyspeck mining town in the middle of nowhere.

* SexSlave: The Furnace Creek Mining Group flies in [[IndenturedServitude 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, and threatens to tell their families what they've been doing if they cause trouble. Before the events of the movie, one girl was apparently able to find her passport and escape, only to die of thirst in the desert.
* SceneryPorn: Desolate as the Australian outback is, there several airborne shots showing its beauty.

* VehicularAssault: 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.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The Furnace Creek Mining Group employs an outlaw motorcycle gang called the Howlers as enforcers; using them to deal with troublemakers while maintaining plausible deniability.

* 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. Unsurprising [[RealityEnsues given that he was involved in shooting five people, one of them a police officer]]. His drinking problem can't have helped either.

** The Aboriginal security officer opens fire on Josh, causing his vehicle to crash and enabling Johnny to escape, but when he has Josh in his sights while Josh can barely stand, he just walks away rather than kill him. Of course up to that point he could legitimately claim he was doing his job, given that Josh was trespassing.

* HeritageDisconnect: Josh is surprised when Jimmy recognises him, having known his father. Turns out his father was one of the Stolen Generation and originally came from Goldstone before being moved elsewhere by the government.

* ThereWasADoor: Somewhat justified when Jimmy and Josh drive through the gate to the Furnace Creek compound at the end, causing the security guard to dive aside rather than get run over.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Josh prefers to sit on the fence--not getting involved in the corruption but turning a blind eye to it--until he gets involved with Mei, one of the indentured workers at the brothel.

* CoolOldGuy: Jimmy, who befriends Jay, telling him stories about his family, and is the first local of note to stand up to Furnace Creek.

* 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. Before the events of the movie, one girl was able to find her passport and flee, only to die of thirst in the desert.

* 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.

* 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.
* 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.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Hinted at with Mrs. Lao, who runs the brothel, but has an emotional speech asking if Mei thinks she is a bad person, and saying that they have no choice or options. And then there's Jay himself....
* ThereWasADoor: Somewhat justified when Jimmy and Josh die through the gate to the Furnace Creek compound at the end.

* VillainousValor: Johnny's escape is allowed by a relatively minor henchman remaining to provide covering for for him as he flees to a waiting plane, preventing Jay from stopping him, then remaining behind, and, after a brief MexicanStandoff, sparing Jay's life.

* HatDamage: Jay shoots the hat off the Howler who was about tu execute Josh, startling him, and letting Josh gain the upper hand.
* 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.
* 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.

* 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

* CoolOldGuy: Jimmy, who befriends Jay, telling him stories about his family, and is the fist local of note to stand up to Furnace Creek.

* BystanderSyndrome: Several Furnace Creek minors show little to no emotion when they see Jay and Josh barging into the place with their guns.

* 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.

* PersonWithClothing: Patch, the leader of the Howlers, gets his nickname from his EyepatchOfPower.

* VillainousValor: Johnny's escape is allowed by a relatively minor henchman remaining to provide covering fir for him as he flees to a waiting plane, preventing Jay from stopping him, then remaining behind, and, after a brief MexicanStandoff, sparing Jay's life.

* ThePersonWithClothing: Patch, the leader of the Howlers, gets his nickname from his EyepatchOfPower.