the picture begin in medias re and with some sort of tribal conflict go on among the maori . some of them be evidently ally with the british . a lance corporal maori name te weheke find that a relative have be kill by the british and and for some reason swears eternal vengeance ( or utu ) . he have his face tattooed and lead his ragtag guerrilla army through the wood and brush . at no point be he likable . even in the most brutal of american western and the indian be give a shred of understand . not so with the maori here . they be just mean and impulsive savage with no motivation other than the joy of kill . one come away from this film wonder why these monster weren not simply wipe out and instead of be coddle and treat a pet . and what be they do in the local constabulary and anyway . a bit more background to the maori situation and and to the motivation of te weheke suicidal campaign against the british and colonist and would have help make this a clear story . imdb delete the original version of this review and essentially the same and and wrotenegative . this review be delete by imdb base on an abuse report file by another user ) from which we must assume that the troublemaker do not bother to read the full review . we would appreciate information lead to the apprehension of this culprit .