WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Nick Cave-penned Western set in the Australian outback. An outlaw is asked to kill his sadistic older brother in order to save a younger sibling from the gallows.

ANY GOOD? Probably the most disturbing 'cowboy' flick you'll ever see. (Unless you happen to have heart palpitations at the thought of cowboys snogging, in which case it won't be).

QUOTE FOR THE POSTER: 'Bleak, slow and extremely unsettling - just like a Nick Cave song!'

REASON TO WATCH: Guy Pearce's remarkable 'Oirish' accent. Who'd have thought he once zipped round the streets of Neighbours on a motorbike...

FREEBIES: We've got five The Proposition CD soundtracks, written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to give away! Just email your details to webmaster.maxim@dennis.co.uk and we'll enter you into our giveaway draw. Closing date: 17 March 2006