Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
You can always spot a western. Not in the obvious low-slung gun holster, wide brimmed cowboy hat, fist fight in a saloon kind of way, but more in the patented fundamentals of the hero alone, the stranger in a small town, out-gunned and out-manoeuvred, fighting injustice (or just fighting) with nothing but his wits, and a trusty sidearm. Or two. The western ideal also pays no attention to geography, or era, Clint Eastwood has basically been playing in westerns his entire career. Ok, maybe The Bridges of Madison County and Space Cowboys don’t quite fit the playbill, but it’s only a small stampede from The Man With No Name to Harry Callahan or Walt Kowalski.
In Red Hill, written and directed by Patrick Hughes, those ideals are transplanted wholesale to the modern day wilds of outback Australia, where new constable Shane Cooper (True Blood...
You can always spot a western. Not in the obvious low-slung gun holster, wide brimmed cowboy hat, fist fight in a saloon kind of way, but more in the patented fundamentals of the hero alone, the stranger in a small town, out-gunned and out-manoeuvred, fighting injustice (or just fighting) with nothing but his wits, and a trusty sidearm. Or two. The western ideal also pays no attention to geography, or era, Clint Eastwood has basically been playing in westerns his entire career. Ok, maybe The Bridges of Madison County and Space Cowboys don’t quite fit the playbill, but it’s only a small stampede from The Man With No Name to Harry Callahan or Walt Kowalski.
In Red Hill, written and directed by Patrick Hughes, those ideals are transplanted wholesale to the modern day wilds of outback Australia, where new constable Shane Cooper (True Blood...
- 5/13/2011
- by Mark Clark
- Obsessed with Film
Rating: 3.5/5
Writer: Patrick Hughes
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom, Cliff Ellen
It is Shane Cooper’s (Ryan Kwanten) first day on the job in the tiny town of Red Hill. The young police officer has moved himself and his expecting wife (Claire van der Boom) out to a veritable no man’s land for a taste of the slow life, to get out of the city, and maybe to get over some lingering issues Cooper has with the nature of his job. But Red Hill is not the place to go for a strolling-down-Main-Street type of existence. Not even remotely.
Read more on Fantastic Fest 2010 Review: Red Hill…...
Writer: Patrick Hughes
Director: Patrick Hughes
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom, Cliff Ellen
It is Shane Cooper’s (Ryan Kwanten) first day on the job in the tiny town of Red Hill. The young police officer has moved himself and his expecting wife (Claire van der Boom) out to a veritable no man’s land for a taste of the slow life, to get out of the city, and maybe to get over some lingering issues Cooper has with the nature of his job. But Red Hill is not the place to go for a strolling-down-Main-Street type of existence. Not even remotely.
Read more on Fantastic Fest 2010 Review: Red Hill…...
- 10/9/2010
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
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