Shot on location in the Northern Territory, in the Indigenous-protected Kakadu national park and in Arnhem Land, High Ground â a ânorthern action thrillerâ â stars Simon Baker and newcomer Jacob Junior Nayinggul as an unlikely pair who bond while hunting for a renegade group of Indigenous warriors, navigating the harsh outback terrain together.
Bakerâs sharpshooter-turned-bounty hunter Travis wants redemption for the unspeakable crimes committed by his police team 12 years earlier, while Nayinggulâs Gutjuk â one of two survivors of the massacre â seeks revenge.
For Marika, a senior leader of the Rirratjingu people, the drive to retell this period of history came from a personal place: his grandmotherâs clan faced the punishing brunt of the âhorsemenâ.