THERE’S more to director Stephen Johnson’s NT film than merely good guys v bad guys. The screenplay by Chris Anastassiades is more than merely an actioner, a tale of vengeance or a thriller. It delivers a message that, in the midst of ongoing tensions between indigenous Australians and the rest of us, both sides need to recognise and do something to make things much better. In the 1930s, the Commonwealth governed the territories directly. Beyond the European settlements in the NT, day-to-day governing involved police presence most of all and indigenous lives had little value. Most of the non-indigenous characters in “High Ground” are police. They’re doing their best but Aboriginal welfare is not high on their priorities list.