Yes, I Do Whatever Kane Hodder Tells Me

Title:  Red Hill

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  You probably don’t know anything about this movie.

Introduction:  Recently, Kane Hodder did a Top 5 at Rotten Tomatoes and this was one of the movies in his Top 5.  It came out in 2010, and I’d never heard of it before seeing his list, so I decided to check it out because, well, he’s Kane Hodder.  I got the DVD from Netflix.

Location:  This movie takes place in a small town in Australia.  It goes back and forth from a police station to a farm and the like.   I don’t know if it had a big budget or if the people are just that friendly in Australia.

Plot:  The main “good guy” in this movie is a police officer who is on the job for his first day.  He joins the force in the town of Red Hill when it is shown on the news that Jimmy Conway has broken out of jail.  Conway was put in jail for killing a police officer in Red Hill some odd years ago, so it’s expected he’s coming back there for revenge on the current regime.   Hey, making this a standard “I broke out of jail and now I’m coming to murder your town” badass type of movie is one thing, but the plot actually goes deeper.  I don’t want to spoil it for you because I think you should watch it for yourself, but honestly, this movie would’ve been fine with me if this was all there was to the plot.   This movie is a bit of a western, but it is in Australia, so it’s not like the “old west” that you think of from movies in the states.  It’s almost like an Australian version of The Punisher, and for that, I love it.

Acting:  The Aussies have it here.  I got sucked in and really enjoyed it.

Production:  It looks like it could have been in theaters, but I have no idea whether it was or not.

Sex/Nudity:  No, mostly there’s just running and killing.

Special Effects:  This movie is mostly shooting and so it’s not too bloody or over the top, but for what they have, they are done well.

Overall Verdict:  I’d watch this movie again and probably even own it one day.   It was like a less boring version of No Country for Old Men and with regular guns instead of the air pump thing the guy in that movie used.