Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Kirpianuscus A good film. for cinematography, story and performances. for preserve the rules and atmosphere of old fashion western. proposing a not new but well made story about past traces, revenge and a young officer in a small town front to its crime. one of good motifs for see "Red Hill" is the admirable job of Ryan Kwanten who gives a vulnerable, honest and brave character in precise details of each virtue. and that is the start point for enjoy a film proposing more than a story but being a pledge for small fundamental virtues defining us.

alshwenbear1 An Australian Western that goes into my favorite's list! Like "Good for Nothing" (2011) ...a great ending to a well crafted story.Even though I predicted the real situation, I went along with it, because instead of ruining the movie, the "why" and "how" became the valuable questions, to separate the good from the bad, "Jimmy" is a combination of Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson and Eli Wallach (without the cynical grim) I just wished that the black panther, could have been more relevant and be somehow one reason for a sequel! The ending it will touch you, let's leave it like that, as always no spoilers in here. So if you are looking for shootouts, and horses with a simple scenario and a good story, "Red Hill" is for you!

thelmajordan Despite its setting in the modern Australian outback, Red Hill is essentially a Western. Ryan Kwanten plans Shane Cooper a young police constable (~ deputy) newly arrived to a small town from the big city with his pregnant wife. He comes up against the local inspector Old Bill (Steven Bisley), a Judge Roy Bean'ish law west of the Pecos, who barely conceals his disdain for someone he suspects is a coward. Cooper's first day on the job, the day over which the film is set, starts off badly and promptly gets worse. An escape from a maximum security prison sees the arrival of convicted murdered Jimmy Conway in town. This news of this escape strikes a chord with a number of the townspeople and sees Old Bill muster a search party, or posse by any other name, in the expectation of the arrival of Conway (chillingly played by Tommy Lewis in an almost wordless dead-eyed performance). Ryan Kwanten, in his first major lead role, is an amiably low-key hero. Although it becomes clear that Old Bill has underestimated his apparently callow young constable his capabilities are not unrealistically augmented and he doesn't suddenly become a combination of McGyver and Rambo when the chips are down. The real power in his performance is more effectively illustrated by the fact that the powerful performances of both Lewis and Bisley do not completely obliterate interest in his presence. Red Hill is among other things a genuinely beautiful film to behold with the shots of Victorian landscape breathtaking to behold and features an excellent score subtly helping to augment the Western atmosphere. As the first film from Patrick Hughes (who produced, directed, wrote, edited and presumably fed and watered the animals) it bodes well for the career to come.

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.