Seven Snipers

A former elite sniper has spent years turning a remote Australian farm into a hiding place for herself and her daughter, and the warlord who once held her captive has finally found the address. The film sets its stakes fast and low to the ground: one woman, one child, one stretch of land, and an enemy with no intention of leaving. Lean, hard and rural, it belongs to the tradition of siege thrillers where terrain is the only advantage that counts.

For action fans who prefer short, brutal and personal to sprawling and glossy, the sort of picture where the maternal stakes carry the whole weight. At 1h 27m there is barely any fat; expect a quick setup and then sustained pressure straight through to the confrontation. If survival-mode revenge thrillers with an outback backdrop are your thing, it makes an efficient, muscular pick for a night with limited patience.