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:

revenge | rural setting | wife raped in front of husband | bound and gagged with duct tape | smashing a car window | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

It was such a cold shoot that half the cast wore wetsuits underneath their costumes.

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Goofs

Old Bill was holding his jacket in his arm when he exited the Town Hall building (with Cooper chasing him behind). In the next shot outside the building, Old Bill was already wearing the jacket which is neatly tucked.

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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 Midnight Movie Review: Red Hill (2011)

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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.

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Busca Sangrenta

Filming Locations:

Omeo, Victoria, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,650, 7 November 2010

Gross USA:

$21,087

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$324,424

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