Synopsis

When a young police officer, Constable Shane Cooper, relocates to the small high-country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife, he does so in the hope of starting a new family. But when news of a prison break in the city sends the local law enforcement officers into a panic, Shanes first day on duty quickly goes from bad to worse. Enter Jimmy Conway, a convicted murderer serving life behind bars, he returns to the isolated outpost seeking revenge. Now caught in the middle of what quickly becomes a horrifying blood bath, Shane will be forced to take the law into his own hands if he is to survive.

Official Review

If there’s one film this year that moves at a break-neck pace and completely trims all the fat out of what could have been an extremely exposition-heavy film, it’s Red Hill, an Australian revenge-western from acclaimed short-film director Patrick Hughes. Headlined by True Blood favorite Ryan Kwanten, it seamlessly combines the best elements of spaghetti and American westerns, as well as a dash of horror, to create a thriller on par with the other recent Australian-made break-outs, such as The Square, The Horseman, and Animal Kingdom. …Read More