Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

David Holt (rawiri42) To fully appreciate Red Hill, I think you need to be an Australian. Not that that means you won't enjoy it if you're not. Nonetheless, there is definitely an unmistakable 'difference' from your typical western genre thriller movie that can only really be attributed to the Australian psyche.Having so said, I agree with several other reviewers that Red Hill is well worth the watch. Ryan Kwanten played the part of Shane Cooper, the new-cop-in-town well - although I wondered how long he had been a cop in the city because he was a bit timid to start with even though he had a past incident that framed him as maybe too compassionate to be a hard- nosed law officer. He was clearly a human being who cared and also happened to be a cop! Steve Bisley was every bit the "this is MY town" local sheriff (except that, in this modern version, he's a police inspector who just thinks he's the Wyatt Earp of Red Hill) and plays the part brilliantly.Then there's the protagonist Jimmy Conway excellently played by Tommy Lewis, a Northern Territory Aboriginal from way back. What other reviewers have totally failed to understand is that Tommy plays Jimmy exactly as he would have been in real life - all action and no talk! The make-up crew did an excellent job on him too.The plot is a bit "Blue Heelerish" (for you non-Aussies, that was a very popular TV series set in much the same environment as Red Hill) except that likable Sergeant Tom Croydon was very different from Steve Bisley's Bill.I would have liked to see a bit more development of the wild animal side-plot which I feel was left a bit up in the air (maybe there's a sequel planned to deal with that). All-in-all, a good movie that was pretty true to form (given the true circumstances - which aren't revealed until the very end).

ritera1 Overall I thought it was a surprising jolt.That is not to say that it was a absorbing examination of the human condition. A thoughtful guy movie? I can stand behind that.We open to some very good but menacing shots of the Australian wilderness. What's going on in the trees? Then we have our hero in a cop uniform in the morning who just can't find his gun. A great way to define a character right off the bat. Good natured but flawed. It's his first day in this town and he has a pregnant wife.We then get a good but brief rundown of this town and its population. For all intents and purposes, it's a western town but in present day. In the police station, the TV in the background says there was an escape from a prison. Nice subtle touch that none of the characters initially notice.I was expecting then some sort of tense thriller. I was wrong.***Spoilers The first stop for the new cop is a ranch where a horse looks half eaten. What did this? Local yore is that it's a panther. But out here? Then the police station finds out who escaped from the prison. Some bad guy from the town who tried to kill the Sheriff and killed his wife.The town goes into lockdown. The convict is going to come back for revenge! What follows is a long and well-done action piece as the "bad guy" eliminates his enemies. But is the "bad guy" the bad guy? I have to say that it was a bit silly how the hero narrowly averted death several times.Then a lot of good elements lead to the end. The panther was re-addressed well. The element of the hero's pregnant wife was handled well. The "last word" from the convict was a nice touch.You've probably seen it before but not done quite as well as this.

frenchmonkeys Others have said this is a worthy western, but not great. I disagree. Tipping it's hat to any number of US westerns, it surpasses them on almost every level, introducing elements that have never been seen before in this type of movie, and approaching it in a different way.US westerns tell a story like they don't know we all guessed the whole story within the first few minutes, but here, the director has acknowledged we're not morons, and gently unravels the story in the most entertaining and engrossing way possible, building tension intelligently, with some additional breath-holding moments from a rather curious side plot which isn't overdone.Some truly tender moments are managed thoughtfully, with no sense of awkwardness, and are meaningful parts of the story rather than painfully tenuous attempts to show the softer side of the characters as one has come to expect from US westerns. Ryan Kwanten is excellent, but Tommy Lewis steals it with a truly chilling portrayal of the 'bad guy'. The use of aboriginal attifacts as the film closes is perhaps a little OTT, but could also be seen as poetic justice bearing in mind the cause of the trouble - and that's a hallmark of all good westerns after all. Steve Bisley always plays a believable part, but the interesting depth his character promises early on fizzles out a bit as the movie progresses and becomes rather two dimensional - but even that kinda fits.Beautifully filmed, there are some exceptional cinematic sequences that will stay with me a long while, and the sound effects are exciting without compromising realism.I loved it - an impressive first feature for writer/director Patrick Hughes, and I'll be eagerly awaiting his next.

aaubrey4 Red Hill follows a police officer who recently transferred from the city to the rural town of Red Hill for the health of his pregnant wife. On his first day, however, an escaped convict threatens the apparent peace in the town.I loved this movie. The camera work was excellent,the town's characters had-character, and the tense sections were pulled off just right. The main direction the movie would take was discernible early on, but I never knew what would happen next. It played like a western and had a wonderful small town feel.I would recommend this movie to anyone. It was gripping, fun, and had touching moments. Excellent!