Realização:
Gonzalo López-GallegoArgumento:
Javier GullónCâmara:
José David MonteroMúsica:
David CrespoElenco:
Leonardo Sbaraglia, María Valverde, Pablo Menasanch, Francisco Olmo, Luis Fernández de EribeConteúdos(1)
After a man traveling alone has a steamy encounter with a beautiful stranger, the pair join up and take a detour through the hills. But they are suddenly forced to abandon their cars when an unseen sniper puts them in his crossfire. Without understanding why they are being targeted, the strangers must survive their ruthless pursuers and their harsh surroundings. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
(mais)Críticas (2)
Havia vários dramas e thrillers com esta mensagem (não quero revelar) e esta não traz nada de novo, pelo contrário, pode parecer elementar. Por outro lado, porém, coloca o tema no cenário original do remoto deserto espanhol, e lida brilhantemente com o suspense. Durante a maior parte das filmagens, não temos ideia de quem está a caçar os personagens principais e porquê (eles apenas fogem sem entender em desespero das balas a zumbir), o que acrescenta um toque quase místico ao filme. A relação dos homens em fuga é também uma forte força motriz do filme, uma vez que muda da desconfiança inicial para a dependência do outro e a necessidade de o proteger (o que resulta provavelmente na cena mais forte).
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Another addition to the growing family of good quality Spanish (or European) horror (thrillers) with a rural setting. In terms of feeling and atmosphere, King of the Hill is somewhere between the British Wilderness and the Spanish Satan’s Blood, meaning that it’s bloody good! Another great thing about this film is seeing the nice transformation that the slasher subgenre has gone through in recent years. Where are those days when it relied mostly on the number of victims and their colourful deaths (i.e. the 1980s or the era of Scream)? I sincerely hope they are buried and forgotten. Today it’s mostly about realism, the heroes know almost from the start that they are in deep shit and the creators have them stew in that situation. As it should be. If you want to criticise, you’ll surely find something (the script at least isn’t the best), but I really enjoyed those 80 minutes. The only thing I wonder is how many more times they can use that “relatively original element” (I don’t want to spoil it) before it becomes a cliché.
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