Red Hill (2010)

A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.

Director:

Patrick Hughes

Writer:

Patrick Hughes

Stars:

Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ryan Kwanten	...	Shane Cooper
Steve Bisley	...	Old Bill
Tommy Lewis	...	Jimmy Conway (as Tom E. Lewis)
Claire van der Boom	...	Alice Cooper
Christopher Davis	...	Slim
Kevin Harrington	...	Jim Barlow
Richard Sutherland	...	Manning
Ken Radley	...	Earl
John Brumpton	...	Rex
Cliff Ellen	...	Gleason
Jim Daly	...	Ted
Dom Phelan	...	Ken
Eddie Baroo	...	Willy
Tim Hughes	...	Micky Carlin
Ken Connley	...	Joseph Carlin

Storyline

A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.

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Plot Keywords:

death | secret | bound and gagged | shootout | stabbed in the head | 

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Taglines:

Revenge just rode into town.

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Genres:

Thriller | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Busca Sangrenta

Filming Locations:

Omeo, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$8,650 (USA) (5 November 2010)

Gross:

$20,960 (USA) (14 January 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hughes House Film, Screen Australia, Wildheart Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Billy shoots his rifle in the air by the burning hay barn, the gunshots make a sound as if the bullets are ricocheting off of something. But when you shoot in the air, there is nothing to ricochet off of.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Shane Cooper: Alice? Have you seen my gun?

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Crazy Credits

There's a scene during the end credits.

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Connections

Referenced in IMDb's 20th Anniversary Star of the Day: Ryan Kwanten (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Long Lost Broken Heart"
Written and performed by Charlie Parr

User Reviews

An Australian Western

For quite some time now, amongst the 1000's of movies I have watched, I noticed a certain ennui to my movie watching, as other people have said, this has been done before, most notably in American westerns. The wronged man comes back to reap his vengeance on the evil-doers. If this had been strictly formulaic and badly acted and filmed i would not have seen it all the way through to the ending. However, I was pleasantly entertained, I don't think it was too obvious a plot, it had me guessing for a while. The escaped convict looked suitably elemental and Ryan Kwanten as the young cop on his first bloody day in the outback played it well. Yes, there were some strange parts to the movie, although I just found the inclusion of the wild animal an amusing aside, and not to be taken too seriously. The score was good, the atmosphere was suitably bleak and a lot of it filmed at night to add to the tension. I think people expect too much these days, no this was not Unforgiven, but for a low budget movie out of Australia I thought this was a good remake of the classic revenge western. Certainly worth a viewing if you love westerns, or if you like revenge plots. For a Sunday afternoon, you could do a whole lot worse.