this movie illustrate like no other the state of the australian film industry and everything that hold it back . awesome talent and outstanding performance ( particularly by victoria hill ) and but a let down in practically every other way . an adaptation of sort and it bring nothing new to macbeth ( no and set it in present day australia be not enough ) and and essentially and completely fail to justify it existence and apart from ( let face it and completely unnecessarily ) pay homage to the original work . if there one body of work that have be do ( and do and do and do ) and it shakespeare . so any adaptation and if it not to be a self indulgent and pointless exercise and need to at least bring some new interpretation to the work . and that what this macbeth fail to do . a it be do and this film have no contemporary relevance whatsoever . it the same piece that we have see countless ( too many . ) time before . except with gun and in different outfit . apart from the fundamental blunder ( no other way to put it ) of keep the original shakespearian dialogue and one of the more cringeful moment of the movie be the prolonged and incredibly boring slow motion shoot out towards the end and during which i completely tune out and even though i be look at the screen . i never think i have a short attention span and but there you go . i suppose the movie succeed on it own and very limited term . but a australia continue to produce world class act talent and it movie maker need to stop be proud of succeed on limited term and and actually set high enough standard to show that they respect for the kind of act talent they work with . a shame . an absolute shame .