King of the Hill

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King of the Hill

R

2007

1h 28m

Mystery & Thriller

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Quim's (Leonardo Sbaraglia) car is shot at as he is driving across a sparse stretch of land. When he stops to investigate the shooting, he is fired at again, but manages to escape to a wooded area, and there he finds Bea (María Valverde), a woman he had encountered in a gas station moments earlier. The two seem to be the targets of deadly assassins as they run helplessly through the forest -- but when the killers are revealed, it evokes an empathy Quim would never have expected.

Xan Brooks

Guardian

It's at its best in a tense middle section that plays as a pared-down existential nightmare.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 13, 2009

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

The tautness of the first hour is tremendous, and features something I never thought to see in such a movie: the spectacle of a man, hiding inside a car from his would-be killer, and doing something we would all probably do in real life: actually whimper.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 13, 2009

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

From Spain comes a leaner, bleaker horror film.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 12, 2009

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

A political thriller in the sense that it's bound to polarize audiences...

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 24, 2009

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

The revelation of the shooter's identity, however, is a bit of a yawn, especially if you have seen the 2006 French film Them or last year's British horror movie Eden Lake.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 19, 2009

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

It starts off well enough as Deliverance and Duel but becomes very conventional when, two-thirds of the way through, the snipers are revealed and it turns into what might be called Haneke-panky.

Feb 19, 2009

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The movie was kind of boring and typical of a thriller this type, the characters were kind off different but the real positive thing was the portrayal of the antagonists that really made the movie a little more intriguing. But by the end it was too lost and you simply can't outdone the rest of the movie. ~March 15, 2015~

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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didn't care for this one

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Bleak, boring and so slow I spent half the movie on fast forward.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A genuinely suspenseful thriller with convincing acting and superb directing, as well as spectacular cinematography which adds to the pulse-pounding terror; makes us think of a Coen Brother movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/23

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"The Most Dangerous Game" in the Spanish countryside. Much better than Apollo 18. "A work of hard-driving tension, this is satisfyingly terse, methodical and relentless." ? Tom Huddlestone, Time Out

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Dang. That was intense.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Gonzalo López-Gallego

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Leonardo Sbaraglia

Quim

María Valverde

Bea

Thomas Riordan

Hermano Menor

Andrés Juste

Hermano Mayor

Francisco Olmo

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Synopsis

Quim's (Leonardo Sbaraglia) car is shot at as he is driving across a sparse stretch of land. When he stops to investigate the shooting, he is fired at again, but manages to escape to a wooded area, and there he finds Bea (María Valverde), a woman he had encountered in a gas station moments earlier. The two seem to be the targets of deadly assassins as they run helplessly through the forest -- but when the killers are revealed, it evokes an empathy Quim would never have expected.

Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Production Co: Telecinco Cinema, Decontrabando Producciones Audiovisuales S.L., Goodfellas S.L.
Rating: R (Brief Sexuality|Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2021
Runtime: 1h 28m