A revenge flick with a heart of innocent gold, Red Hill will entertain and provoke you to consider how your past impacts your future reality.

| Apr 6, 2020

The age old trope of Cowboys and Indians is transformed into a vessel for the rage of Indigenous people who've been colonised since the day the British set foot in Australia.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 1, 2019

Red Hill doesn't set up its foreshadowing as well as it might, but overall, it works as a tale of places where the West, for good and ill, is still alive.

| Original Score: B | Feb 19, 2019

An "all in one night" crime thriller that's equal parts old-school western and grimly intelligent horror film.

| Aug 26, 2015

The production values are first rate and the action, heavenly influenced by old-fashioned westerns, is brutal and perfectly staged.

| Sep 15, 2013

Red Hill is the perfect combination of well-paced storytelling, gritty violence and a compelling morality play of just how far one man would go in order to uphold the law even if it means going against his better judgment.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 10, 2011

The movie is extremely well staged and the young hero's dramatic lineage is established by his resonant name - Shane Cooper.

| Jun 14, 2011

Red Hill has an imagination and intelligence that stays long in the mind.

| May 25, 2011

Starts off like a lean, mean Walter Hill movie but ends up going a bit Blazing Saddles.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 16, 2011

Powerful central performances drive this impressive Oz thriller which features death by boomerang.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2011

The film just about transcends its abundant clichs. It's Coen Brothers lite but made with some panache.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 13, 2011

Rip-off or homage, it all adds up to an enjoyable stew of a film, even if you find yourself playing 'name that movie' for most of the running time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2011

First time writer-director Patrick Hughes shows great promise as a genre filmmaker.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2011

What an effective calling card for debut writer-director Patrick Hughes this is - if not for the Australian tourist board.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2011

Hughes's direction is sly without being smug, and Kwanten grounds the movie with a square decency that's never too pumped-up or cartoonish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2011

Kwanten makes for a likeable hero, although Steve Bisley steals the show as the hard-bitten police chief Old Bill.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 12, 2011

Former commercials director Hughes probably relies a tad too much on his old job for the whiplash editing...but there's a lot going on here that's worth a look.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2011

Red Hill starts brilliantly but tails off halfway through and fails to deliver on its initial promise, despite a strong performance from Ryan Kwanten.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2011

Though Hughes overplays his directorial hand occasionally, Red Hill is still the finest Australian western since The Proposition.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2011

A solid but wayward B-movie that falters just when it should be flying. Still, the premise intrigues, Kwanten's got presence to spare and Hughes is definitely one to watch.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 11, 2011