Gold
When two drifters travelling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found, the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to protect and excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary equipment. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, preying wild dogs and mysterious intruders, whilst battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.
Critic Reviews:
- " Hayes has a strong instinct for economy and what drives a movie. His direction is confident, his instincts for tension and decompression good. " – Paul Byrnes (Sydney Morning Herald)
- " Gold is a lean parable of greed's blinding nature. Zac Efron gives a quiet and strikingly physical lead performance. Gold doesn't offer many surprises. But the protagonist's descent into savagery and terror is fascinating to see. " – Julian Roman (MovieWeb)
- " Under the guise of a gruesome survival tale, Gold functions as an experimental treatise on the rottenness of human beings, particularly male ones. " – Alex Saveliev (Film Threat)
