RED HILL

Year: 2010
USA: Strand Releasing
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Biskey, Tommy Lewis, Claire Van Der Boom, Christopher Davis, Kevin Harrington, Richard Sutherland, Ken Radley, John Brumpton, Cliff Ellen, Jim Daly, Dom Phelan, Eddie Baroo, Tim Hughes, Ken Connley, Richard Young, Jada Alberts, Jennifer Jarman
Director: Patrick Hughes
Country: Australia
USA: 96 mins
UK: 97 mins
USA Rated: R for strong bloody violence, and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong bloody violence and language
USA Release Date: 5 November 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 13 May 2011
UK DVD Release Date: 20 May 2011

Synopsis

A young police officer Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten) is starting his first day in a new job, after relocating to the small country town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice (Claire Van Der Boom) to start a family. With the news of a prison break, local law enforcement officers - led by the town’s ruling presence, Old Bill (Steve Bisley) â€" are sent into a panic. Shane’s first day on duty unexpectedly and rather rapidly turns into a nightmare.

Enter Jimmy Conway (Tom E Lewis), a convicted murderer serving life behind bars, who has returned to the isolated outpost seeking revenge. Now caught in the middle of what will become a terrifying and bloody confrontation, Shane will be forced to take the law into his own hands if he is to survive.

A taut thriller which unfolds over the course of a single day and night, told with explosive action and chilling violence, RED HILL is a modern-day western played out against the extraordinary landscapes of high-country Australia.