This film is an Australian adaptation of an excellent Dutch film called The Polish Bride which has been shown on SBS a number of times. Monic Hendrickx played the lead in both movies - in the Dutch version playing a Polish woman and, in this latest, an Afghani refugee called Tahmeena.

The film is both a mystery/thriller and a love story. Tahmeena has escaped from a brothel where she has been viciously beaten, and manages to find her way to a farm some distance from a small Australian township. The farmer - an isolated, antisocial man - reluctantly takes her in and, despite the lack of a common language (they communicate through signs and drawings), a bond, trust, then love slowly grows between them. In the meantime Tahmeena is being sought after by, among others, the criminals who run the brothel from which she has escaped.

The film explores how, even in a world of violence, people can learn to trust and care for each other. The tenderness is starkly contrasted with the violence and horror of Tahmeena's experiences and the fear of discovery by her pursuers.

A must see film as it explores the plight of those people - especially the women - seeking asylum, only to find that they have not left pain and suffering behind them as they had hoped.

With the four leads from The Fast and the Furious returning to the series I'm pretty sure you should all know what to expect. Lots of fast cars in high speed car chases, improbable stunts, lots of shooting and explosions, criminal activity, vendettas, beautiful women in tight pants and a mother load of special effects.

Will there be some sort of plot that is at least partly original? Will there be a plot at all? The writer/director team is the same one responsible for The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift so I'm not holding my breath. Regardless, this type of film is best seen on the big screen so if you are up for a testosterone packed movie come along and enjoy some sensory overload.