In this solidly crafted, well performed thriller, humanity gets lost in the deep, dark woods.
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02/12/09
King of the Hill (2008)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:11
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Director: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
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A political thriller in the sense that it's bound to polarize audiences...
07/24/09
Is more disturbing and more intelligent than Friday the 13th.
02/12/09
It's at its best in a tense middle section that plays as a pared-down existential nightmare.
02/13/09
The tautness of the first hour is tremendous, and features something I never thought to see in such a movie: the spectacle of a man, hiding inside a car from his would-be killer, and doing something we would all probably do in real life: actually whimper.
02/13/09
It starts off well enough as Deliverance and Duel but becomes very conventional when, two-thirds of the way through, the snipers are revealed and it turns into what might be called Haneke-panky.
02/19/09
With Paul Greengrass’ eye for documentary-like realism Lopez-Gallego keeps the action close to the ground and physical.
02/12/09
The revelation of the shooter’s identity, however, is a bit of a yawn, especially if you have seen the 2006 French film Them or last year’s British horror movie Eden Lake.
02/19/09
Stylishly shot, this tense Spanish thriller sees the couple lost in a mountain wilderness while being hunted by an unseen sniper.
02/13/09
As a work of hard-driving tension, this is satisfyingly terse, methodical and relentless.
02/12/09
From Spain comes a leaner, bleaker horror film.
02/12/09
Engaging, well made horror that gets a decent amount of tension out of its simple premise, even if it's not quite as shocking and provocative as it thinks it is.
02/13/09
King of the Hill targets our fear of someone having us in their sights.
01/19/09
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