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* AMFMCharacterization: Jimmy puts Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the bar's jukebox, a song about a BloodKnight willing to remain unbowed even if it hurts like hell [[spoiler:and lamenting the fact that it's the only way he knows how to express himself nowadays, exposing him as a BruiserWithASoftCenter. It's a pretty good interpretation of his mentality, in retrospective.]]
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* AmbigiouslyEvil: the flashback [[spoiler: to the rape and murder of Jimmy's wife]]. only seems to show nine men, but Jimmy [[spoiler: kills ten, and there's also the Carlin brothers and Gleason. Of the other four, it's unclear whether they knew about it and covered it up, or were just collateral damage (or if it was simply a filming mistake). Old Bill, Manning and the Carlin’s are unambiguously stated to be guilty and unrepentant in the final showdown. Gleason’s suicide shows his guilt, and Rex says that he’s going to hell after being shot by Jimmy. The brutality Jimmy spends killing Slim, Ken and Ted implies a personal beef with them. Slim and Ted, with their businesses that would have boomed if the railroad deal went through, both would have had motives to take part in Old Bill's revenge attack on the Conway's. Slim may have only died because he called Jimmy a black bastard and tried to take advantage of a moment of hesitation on Jimmy's part though. When Jimmy enters Ted's bar, he mostly ignores Ted, until Ted tires to shoot him, although he may have just been doing that to draw out the terror. Earl shot in a split-second moment trying to ambush Jimmy under what he could have viewed as legitimate circumstances and there’s no sign of anything personal between them. The fact that Willy is shot when Old Bill, Dale and Manning were also targets could mean that Jimmy had some enmity towards him, but perhaps Jimmy simply couldn't tell who he was from the distance he made that shot. Dale does ride out for the final fight with Old Bill and Manning (his reaction to Shane’s suspicions for Old Bill’s story are also ambiguous) but that could just be out of confused desperation or to avenge the friends he'd lost to Jimmy, and Jimmy doesn’t let him know it’s coming before killing him, unlike Manning. Barlow largely seems like a NiceGuy, but when he's wounded and being carried by Shane he babbles about how Jimmy is going to kill them all, although that may have just been ordinary panic after seeing Jimmy sadistically kill Ken while Barlow was PlayingPossum. It's also unclear if Jimmy deliberately shot Barlow in a way that would cause a protracted death, or if Barlow's death or survival didn't mean anything to him.]]. Jimmy himself might fall under this [[if any of those men were innocent but he killed them anyway]].
* AMFMCharacterization: Jimmy puts Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the bar's jukebox, a song about a BloodKnight willing to remain unbowed even if it hurts like hell [[spoiler:and lamenting the fact that it's the only way he knows how to express himself nowadays, exposing him as a BruiserWithASoftCenter. It's a pretty good interpretation of his mentality, in retrospective.]]
* AMFMCharacterization: Jimmy puts Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the bar's jukebox, a song about a BloodKnight willing to remain unbowed even if it hurts like hell [[spoiler:and lamenting the fact that it's the only way he knows how to express himself nowadays, exposing him as a BruiserWithASoftCenter. It's a pretty good interpretation of his mentality, in retrospective.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Gleason, given his suicide, leaving behind a note that will clear Jimmy's name, and his earlier kindness to Shane]].
* ChekovsGunman: The Carlin brothers. Their first scene establishes Old Bill's lack of respect for the environment and willing to bend the rules [[spoiler: and they come back to town at the end just in time to back Old Bill up against Jimmy]].
* CluelessDeputy: Barlow, who is asleep at his desk when Shane arrives, and got caught cold by Jimmy while he was awake later on.
* ColdSniper/ FriendlySniper: Earl is meant to be one of these [[spoiler: depending on whether he was involved in the rape and murder of Jimmy's wife]].
* ColdSniper/ FriendlySniper: Earl is meant to be one of these [[spoiler: depending on whether he was involved in the rape and murder of Jimmy's wife]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: we meet Old Bill addressing a town meeting, where he's a {{jerkass}} towards people who suggest new innovations for the town, and receives the support of most of the attending townspeople. Then, when Shane tries to great him, without breaking stride he notices Shane's missing gun and harshly reprimands him for it.
* GenreSavvy: Rex points out that Jimmy might take the least ideal road into town just because he knows Old Bill wouldn't expect him to take it. Old Bill gives this enough consideration to post Shane on that road. Turns out Rex was right. [[spoiler: He also seems to be the only one besides Gleason to realize and accept what they did to Jimmy was wrong, as his last words are that he's going to hell]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Old Bill.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Willy's reaction to seeing [[spoiler: that they shot Slim instead of Jimmy]]. Also implied with Rex and Gleason towards [[spoiler; Their roles in raping and killing Mrs. Conway and framing Jimmy]].
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* TheRadioDiesFirst: Jimmy takes out the comms tower making contact with the outside world impossible. [[spoiler:Unless, of course, someone happens to have a satellite phone.]]
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* RabidCop: Old Bill and Manning [[spoiler: even before the reveal]].
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Jimmy takes out the comms tower making contact with the outside world impossible. [[spoiler:Unless, of course, someone happens to have a satellite phone.]]
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Jimmy takes out the comms tower making contact with the outside world impossible. [[spoiler:Unless, of course, someone happens to have a satellite phone.]]
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: attempted by Rex, leading to a brief car chase with Jimmy [[spoiler: that ends with Rex bleeding out in a wrecked car]].
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* DieHardOnAnX: ''Die Hard'' on a town deep within the Australian Outback, [[ClosedCircle cut off from any other civilization and incommunicado thanks to Jimmy's efforts]] and one man so badass that he alone is enough stand-in for an entire army of crooks. [[spoiler:It eventually turns out that, similar to another Western, ''Film/AndGodSaidToCain'', the man assaulting the entire town is ''the [=McClane=]'' on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge SuicideMission.]]
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* CutPhoneLines: Jimmy destroys the landlines and pulls down the cell tower outside of Red Hill to completely isolate the town. [[spoiler:But one of the farmers has a sat phone...]]
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* FirstDayFromHell: Constable Shane Cooper arrives for his first day of work at his new posting in Red Hill. He is hoping for peace and quiet. Instead his first day coincides with a killer breaking jail and returning to Red Hill on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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* AMFMCharacterization: Jimmy puts Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the bar's jukebox, a song about a BloodKnight willing to remain unbowed even if it hurts like hell [[spoiler:and lamenting the fact that it's the only way he knows how to express himself nowadays, exposing him as a BruiserWithASoftCenter. It's a pretty good interpretation of his mentality, in retrospective.]]
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Jimmy's rampage on the bar has him putting Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the jukebox, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2fYibfiDk and the reloading of his shotgun is timed to the opening riff.]]
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* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Invoked InUniverse: Jimmy's rampage on the bar has him starting by putting Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the jukebox, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2fYibfiDk and the reloading of his shotgun is timed to the opening riff.riff, and waiting until it climaxes before starting to shoot.]]
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* MistakenForBadass: ShaneShane. The poor guy is an ActionSurvivor through and through, but he's seen as a bigger badass than he really is because Jimmy hasn't killed him yet after several confrontations (in which he was running for his life).
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Jimmy's rampage on the bar has him putting Stevie Wright's "Black-Eyed Bruiser" on the jukebox, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2fYibfiDk and the reloading of his shotgun is timed to the opening riff.]]
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* WhoNeedsEnemiesWhoNeedsEnemies: Everybody in town willing to fight Jimmy is willing to use everybody else as bait to draw Jimmy out, or tries to cover his ass and point him towards the rest to get them killed. Ir doesn't saves them either way.
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* CorruptHick: Old Bill is the local police inspector, and he dispense justice if, when and how he sees fit. He also has distinct ideas of what the future of the town should be, and reacts harshly to any critics of his vision.
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* CorruptHick: Old Bill is the local police inspector, and he dispense dispenses justice if, when and how he sees fit. He also has distinct ideas of what the future of the town should be, and reacts harshly to any critics of his vision.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: After Jimmy shoots Slim, he dumps him in the Boot of Slim's car (to be used later in a DisguisedHostageGambit). Later, Shane is knocked out in the freezer of the hotel, and wakes to find himself BoundAndGagged in the boot of a car and being driven out of town.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: After Jimmy shoots Slim, he dumps him in the Boot boot of Slim's car (to be used later in a DisguisedHostageGambit). Later, Shane is knocked out in the freezer of the hotel, and wakes to find himself BoundAndGagged in the boot of a car and being driven out of town.
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* StealthHiBye: Jimmy is a master at this, appearing behind his targets absolutely silently and multiple points in the movie.
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* BulletSparks: Bullet sparks are seen when Jimmy kills the publican inside the hotel. Even odder, Jimmy is using a shotgun, so these sparks are being generated by buckshot.
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* ImprmptuTracheotomy: When Old Bill, Manning and Willy attempt to draw Jimmy into an ambush, [[spoiler:Willy]] is waiting in the dark when he gets an Aboriginal spear through the throat.
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* ImprmptuTracheotomy: ImpromptuTracheotomy: When Old Bill, Manning and Willy attempt to draw Jimmy into an ambush, [[spoiler:Willy]] is waiting in the dark when he gets an Aboriginal spear through the throat.
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* FieryCoverUp: [[spoiler:Old Bill and his posse]] torch [[spoiler:Jimmy's]] home in an attempt to cover up their crimes. They are very surprised when he emerges from the flames still alive.
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* ImprmptuTracheotomy: When Old Bill, Manning and Willy attempt to draw Jimmy into an ambush, [[spoiler:Willy]] is waiting in the dark when he gets an Aboriginal spear through the throat.
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* SawnOffShotgun: Jimmy's preferred weapon is a sawn-off pump action shotgun. He usually announces his presence with a [[DramaticGunCock dramatic pump of the slide]]. This usually signals that carnage is about to ensue.
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* DramaticGunCock: Jimmy likes to announce his presence to his victims by pumping the side on his SawedOffShotgun. This usually cues an OhCrap moment as they realise that their time on earth is numbered in minutes, if not seconds.
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* ClickHello: At the climax of the film, Old Bill is distracted by the riderless horse running past. He then feels a barrel placed against the back of his neck, and hears the click of a revolver being cocked as Jimmy is standing behind him.
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* ImplausibleAimingSkills: At one point Jimmy performs a BoomHeadshot on Earl. Earl is on top of a building, behind cover, 50 to 100 metres behind Jimmy, who is on horseback, firing a handgun, in the dark. It takes one bullet to take out Earl.
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* ImplausibleAimingSkills: ImprobableAimingSkills: At one point Jimmy performs a BoomHeadshot on Earl. Earl is on top of a building, behind cover, 50 to 100 metres behind Jimmy, who is on horseback, firing a handgun, in the dark. It takes one bullet to take out Earl.
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* TheSoCalledCoward: Old Bill mocks and belittles Shane, because Shane refused to shoot a young kid who had pulled a weapon on him, and, as a result, was shot himself. Old Bill makes it clear that he considers a cop who won't shoot to be useless. However, at the climax of the film. Shane proves that he has no trouble pulling the trigger when he is certain of the right and the wrong of a situation.
* StealthHiBye: Jimmy is a master at this, appearing behind his targets absolutely silently and multiple points in the movie.
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* ImplausibleAimingSkills: At one point Jimmy performs a BoomHeadshot on Earl. Earl is on top of a building, behind cover, 50 to 100 metres behind Jimmy, who is on horseback, firing a handgun, in the dark. It takes one bullet to take out Earl.
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* MolotovCocktail: In flashback, [[spoiler:Old Bill]] is seen using one to set fire to [[spoiler:Jimmy's]] home as they attempt a FieryCoverUp.
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* ChekhovsGun: The Aboriginal weaponry on display in the window of the information centre. It sits there in plain view for most of the movie, appearing to be nothing more than a demonstration of Red Hill's racial insensitivity. [[spoiler:Until Jimmy steals the weapons and uses them to silently murder Willy and Manning]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Jimmy breaks out of a maximum security prison returns to Red Hill to wreak vengeance on those who he thinks have wronged him. And it turns out he has some very good reasons for wanting vengeance.
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* CorruptHick: Old Bill is the local police inspector, and he dispense justice if, when and how he sees fit. He also has distinct ideas of what the future of the town should be, and reacts harshly to any critics of his vision.
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The movie starts on the morning pf Constable Cooper's first day in Red Hill, and ends at sunrise the next day. It is a very eventful day.
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* PunkInTheTrunk: After Jimmy shoots Slim, he dumps him in the Boot of Slim's car (to be used later in a DisguisedHostageGambit). Later, Shane is knocked out in the freezer of the hotel, and wakes to find himself BoundAndGagged in the boot of a car and being driven out of town.
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When what is left of the police and the posse gather to regroup in Earl's barn, Barlow starts babbling that Cooper is right and that they need to call in backup. Old Bill slaps him across the face and sarcastically asks if he could make any more noise.
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* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Jimmy chooses to shoot a helpless Bill while he is lying on the ground, in full view of the police that have just arrived, knowing that they will shoot him.]]
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* CarFu: Slim runs Jimmy down with his car. Jimmy [[MadeOfIron stands up as if nothing had happened]].
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* DisguisedHostageGambit: Old Bill shoots what he thinks is Jimmy through the rear window of a car, only for it to turn out to be Slim; BoundAndGagged and wearing Jimmy's hat.
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* RageAgainstTheLegalSystem: Jimmy's return to town is to kill everybody who had anything to do with him having been put away for the murder of his wife. [[spoiler: It's not until the end that we find out that it's actually a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who raped and killed his wife, [[CopKiller even if doing so is gonna paint him as an even bigger monster]], [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and he knows it]].]]
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* RageAgainstTheLegalSystem: Jimmy's return to town is to kill everybody who had anything to do with him having been put away for the murder of his wife. [[spoiler: It's not until the end that we find out that it's actually a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against those who raped and killed his wife, [[CopKiller even if doing so is gonna paint him as an even bigger monster]], [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and he knows it]].]]
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A minor example; when Slim unloads an entire revolver at Jimmy point-blank and misses, it seems scripted. It was actually a quick-and-dirty solution to get Slim disarmed (originally, Jimmy would have shot the gun out of Slim's hand but they couldn't get the effect to work right). Presumably the earlier scene establishing Slim as unused to guns was filmed later.
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''Red Hill'' is an Australian {{New Old West}}ern film set in the modern day in a rural Victorian country town. On the same day that newly transfered police officer Shane Cooper arrives in town, convicted murderer Jimmy Conway escapes from Maximum Security Prison and goes on a killing spree of the town's police officers.
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''Red Hill'' is an Australian {{New Old West}}ern film set in the modern day in a rural Victorian country town. On the same day that newly transfered transferred police officer Shane Cooper arrives in town, convicted murderer Jimmy Conway escapes from Maximum Security Prison and goes on a killing spree of the town's police officers.
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* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Given that Jimmy is Aboriginal he uses traditional aboriginal weapons in the form of a spear and a boomerang to kill 2 people respectively.
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* GreatEscape: Jimmy breaks out of Maximum Security maximum security prison (off-screen)(off-screen).
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Not so much the actual police, but several of the armed civilians who go after Jimmy alongside the cops. It's even parodied by the fact that one such civilian unloads an entire clip at Jimmy only 4 metres away and misses on every shot.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Not so much the actual police, but several of the armed civilians who go after Jimmy alongside the cops. It's even parodied by the fact that one such civilian unloads an entire clip at Jimmy only 4 metres four meters away and misses on every shot.
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Turns out the police framed Jimmy for the murder of his wife so they could get the land he was protecting, they then put him on trial and falsely testified to lock him up in Maximum Security.]]
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* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Turns out the police framed Jimmy for the murder of his wife so they could get the land he was protecting, they then put him on trial and falsely testified to lock him up in Maximum Security.for life.]]
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A minor example; When when Slim unloads an entire revolver at Jimmy point-blank and misses, it seems scripted. It was actually a quick-and-dirty solution to get Slim disarmed (originally, Jimmy would have shot the gun out of Slim's hand but they couldn't get the effect to work right). Presumably the earlier scene establishing Slim as unused to guns was filmed later.
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers reveal several of the twists in advance like [[spoiler:it being the cops and the townsfolk who murdered Jimmy's wife and acting suspicious to Shane.]]
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->''"Revenge just rode into town."''
''Red Hill'' is an Australian {{New Old West}}ern film set in the modern day in a rural Victorian country town. On the same day that newly transfered police officer Shane Cooper arrives in town, convicted murderer Jimmy Conway escapes from Maximum Security Prison and goes on a killing spree of the town's police officers.
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!!''Red Hill'' provides examples of:
* [[IndianBurialGround Aboriginal Burial Ground]]: Conway was protecting this, which [[spoiler:led to him being framed in retaliation for driving off industry.]].
* AirVentPassageway: Cooper uses it to avoid Conway, but when he comes out, Cooper realizes that Conway never left the room.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Red Hill Police station, [[spoiler:though, given the twist, it could later count as StormingTheCastle]].
* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: Bill doesn't give Shane a position during the briefing (at first).
* TheBait: [[spoiler:When Conway lures out the police with their comrade bound to the driver seat of a car.]]
* BoundAndGagged: Shane
* ClearTheirName: Shane attempts this with Jimmy.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Given that Jimmy is Aboriginal he uses traditional aboriginal weapons in the form of a spear and a boomerang to kill 2 people respectively.
* FrameUp: The film's twist
* GreatEscape: Jimmy breaks out of Maximum Security prison (off-screen)
* HollywoodFire: Bill stands only 2 feet away from a giant burning haystack.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Jimmy hunting the police. [[spoiler:Lampshaded by the twist in which the cops of the town turn out to be the bad guys.]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Not so much the actual police, but several of the armed civilians who go after Jimmy alongside the cops. It's even parodied by the fact that one such civilian unloads an entire clip at Jimmy only 4 metres away and misses on every shot.
* LastBreathBullet: [[spoiler:Lampshaded by Jimmy before he shoots Bill, whilst the backup officers are pointing their guns at him.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Jimmy Conway gets hit by a speeding car, is able to shoot at the driver whilst on the bonnet, gets flung off when the car crashes into another car and is able to stand up and move around as if it was nothing.
* MexicanStandOff: The film's climax.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Turns out the police framed Jimmy for the murder of his wife so they could get the land he was protecting, they then put him on trial and falsely testified to lock him up in Maximum Security.]]
* MissionBriefing: The police plan to intercept Jimmy.
* MistakenForBadass: Shane
* NewOldWest: The entire film is directed like a Western film at various occasions whilst set in modern day. This includes cattle wrangling, bar shootouts, quick draws, riding a horse into town and across rugged terrain, even with a Western themed soundtrack. And given the location (Gippsland, Victoria) it is awesomely justified.
* NightmareFace: Jimmy's burn covering half his face and twisting one of his eyes.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Shane carrying an injured Barlow, even after Shane leaves him in a safe place so he can confront Jimmy and subsequently ends up outside of town, he goes back to get him to take him to the barn.
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Jimmy takes out the comms tower making contact with the outside world impossible. [[spoiler:Unless, of course, someone happens to have a satellite phone.]]
* RapePillageAndBurn: [[spoiler:In that order, the police did this to Jimmy's wife and house in the flashback.]]
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Shane's gun
* TheSlacker: Barlow
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Lampshaded by Conway after the truth is revealed.]]
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A minor example; When Slim unloads an entire revolver at Jimmy point-blank and misses, it seems scripted. It was actually a quick-and-dirty solution to get Slim disarmed (originally, Jimmy would have shot the gun out of Slim's hand but they couldn't get the effect to work right). Presumably the earlier scene establishing Slim as unused to guns was filmed later.
* ShoutOut: Shane Cooper's wife is named [[Music/AliceCooper Alice.]]
** Slim unloading a huge gun at Jimmy and missing entirely seems [[PulpFiction a little reminiscent]]. See above, however.
* AStormIsComing: Cops use this as a cover excuse for the town locals to stay indoors, though an actual storm does roll up.
* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred:
-->'''Bill:''' '"Come on, Jimmy, I know you're out there!"'
* TakingOverTheTown: Jimmy not only cuts off communication but also has the cops radio thus rendering them useless.
* TheVoiceless: Jimmy Conway [[spoiler:Averted just before he dies.]]
* WhoNeedsEnemies
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The bartender, as Conway uses the jukebox. In fairness it's pretty clear the guy is panicking after having Jimmy frickin' Conway walk into his bar.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Averted. ''Ouch.'' [[spoiler:Jimmy knows he's gone way too far to look forward to anything other than life imprisonment, and it leads to his decision to commit SuicideByCop. Besides, there's really nothing to live for, so he may have just wanted to die after taking revenge.]]
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''Red Hill'' is an Australian {{New Old West}}ern film set in the modern day in a rural Victorian country town. On the same day that newly transfered police officer Shane Cooper arrives in town, convicted murderer Jimmy Conway escapes from Maximum Security Prison and goes on a killing spree of the town's police officers.
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!!''Red Hill'' provides examples of:
* [[IndianBurialGround Aboriginal Burial Ground]]: Conway was protecting this, which [[spoiler:led to him being framed in retaliation for driving off industry.]].
* AirVentPassageway: Cooper uses it to avoid Conway, but when he comes out, Cooper realizes that Conway never left the room.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The Red Hill Police station, [[spoiler:though, given the twist, it could later count as StormingTheCastle]].
* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: Bill doesn't give Shane a position during the briefing (at first).
* TheBait: [[spoiler:When Conway lures out the police with their comrade bound to the driver seat of a car.]]
* BoundAndGagged: Shane
* ClearTheirName: Shane attempts this with Jimmy.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Given that Jimmy is Aboriginal he uses traditional aboriginal weapons in the form of a spear and a boomerang to kill 2 people respectively.
* FrameUp: The film's twist
* GreatEscape: Jimmy breaks out of Maximum Security prison (off-screen)
* HollywoodFire: Bill stands only 2 feet away from a giant burning haystack.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Jimmy hunting the police. [[spoiler:Lampshaded by the twist in which the cops of the town turn out to be the bad guys.]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Not so much the actual police, but several of the armed civilians who go after Jimmy alongside the cops. It's even parodied by the fact that one such civilian unloads an entire clip at Jimmy only 4 metres away and misses on every shot.
* LastBreathBullet: [[spoiler:Lampshaded by Jimmy before he shoots Bill, whilst the backup officers are pointing their guns at him.]]
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Jimmy Conway gets hit by a speeding car, is able to shoot at the driver whilst on the bonnet, gets flung off when the car crashes into another car and is able to stand up and move around as if it was nothing.
* MexicanStandOff: The film's climax.
* MiscarriageOfJustice: [[spoiler:Turns out the police framed Jimmy for the murder of his wife so they could get the land he was protecting, they then put him on trial and falsely testified to lock him up in Maximum Security.]]
* MissionBriefing: The police plan to intercept Jimmy.
* MistakenForBadass: Shane
* NewOldWest: The entire film is directed like a Western film at various occasions whilst set in modern day. This includes cattle wrangling, bar shootouts, quick draws, riding a horse into town and across rugged terrain, even with a Western themed soundtrack. And given the location (Gippsland, Victoria) it is awesomely justified.
* NightmareFace: Jimmy's burn covering half his face and twisting one of his eyes.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Shane carrying an injured Barlow, even after Shane leaves him in a safe place so he can confront Jimmy and subsequently ends up outside of town, he goes back to get him to take him to the barn.
* TheRadioDiesFirst: Jimmy takes out the comms tower making contact with the outside world impossible. [[spoiler:Unless, of course, someone happens to have a satellite phone.]]
* RapePillageAndBurn: [[spoiler:In that order, the police did this to Jimmy's wife and house in the flashback.]]
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Shane's gun
* TheSlacker: Barlow
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Lampshaded by Conway after the truth is revealed.]]
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: A minor example; When Slim unloads an entire revolver at Jimmy point-blank and misses, it seems scripted. It was actually a quick-and-dirty solution to get Slim disarmed (originally, Jimmy would have shot the gun out of Slim's hand but they couldn't get the effect to work right). Presumably the earlier scene establishing Slim as unused to guns was filmed later.
* ShoutOut: Shane Cooper's wife is named [[Music/AliceCooper Alice.]]
** Slim unloading a huge gun at Jimmy and missing entirely seems [[PulpFiction a little reminiscent]]. See above, however.
* AStormIsComing: Cops use this as a cover excuse for the town locals to stay indoors, though an actual storm does roll up.
* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred:
-->'''Bill:''' '"Come on, Jimmy, I know you're out there!"'
* TakingOverTheTown: Jimmy not only cuts off communication but also has the cops radio thus rendering them useless.
* TheVoiceless: Jimmy Conway [[spoiler:Averted just before he dies.]]
* WhoNeedsEnemies
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: The bartender, as Conway uses the jukebox. In fairness it's pretty clear the guy is panicking after having Jimmy frickin' Conway walk into his bar.
* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Averted. ''Ouch.'' [[spoiler:Jimmy knows he's gone way too far to look forward to anything other than life imprisonment, and it leads to his decision to commit SuicideByCop. Besides, there's really nothing to live for, so he may have just wanted to die after taking revenge.]]
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