Red Hill

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Alain M a b-movie with no real known actors and with a slow pacing and bad acting Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/23 Full Review Stephen A Ludicrous direction and ridden with nonsense situations. Don't waste your time.. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Great film. Hasn't dated. Kwanten and Bisley both put in strong performances. Lewis was fantastic as the revengeful murderer, out to settle a score, with his one line of dialogue in the final minutes lending his character a Terminator type quality. It was well paced, but had moments of clichéd Wild West elements that didn't quite work. I'd still recommend it though. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review ronald h The Australian western / thriller "Red Hill" is so loaded with clichés, at first I thought it was a satire: 1) A new, idealistic young cop (with a beautiful pregnant wife) comes to a small town and has to deal with the grizzled old sheriff, who is not afraid to bend the rules to implement his own vigilantism. 2) An escaped convict returns to the town to kill everybody who testified against him. 3) Lots of horses. 4) Lots of grisly violence. 5) Lots more horses. 6) Lots more violence. It's pure action, with virtually no character development. But the production values and acting are actually quite good. Ryan Kwanten plays Shane, the new cop in town. Steve Bisley devours the scenery as Old Bill the police chief (a poke at the British?), who has an agenda that doesn't become clear until the final act. The convict, Jimmy, is played by Tommy Lewis, with his face half-scarred by burns (we don't find out why until the last minutes of the film). He is totally mute until the end, when he says a final few words. All three performances are good enough to make you forgive the clichés and follow the story, thin as it may be. This may also be the first movie to feature a murder using a boomerang. I ultimately decided that there was a bit of a satirical element here, but the movie plays it straight for the most part. Not that there isn't any story (and backstory); there's just not a lot to it. But action fans will be impressed. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastically tense. A likeable protagonist who gets thrown in the deep end. The filmmakers walk a tightrope and manage to turn things around by the end of the film. The alternate ending from the dvd version is superior to the cinematic ending, which is why I didn't give it the full 5. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A cheap horror movie with expensive cinematography, laced with social justice themes. An Aboriginal villain with super human powers (Bullet Proof? Invisible?) terrorizes a group of incompetent Australian cops who are either unable or unwilling to 'Serve and Protect', the worst case being the pacifist lead character. The film maker has a social and political 'axe to grind' with a delivery of the commentary that is heavy handed, garish, inappropriate and insulting. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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