Noutions
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
dfwesley
I never saw this film in full until today and was mesmerized by it. Cruelty inflicted by prison guards is nothing new in the movies, but in military prisons it is an eye opener. Great acting all around particularly by Harry Andrews and Sean Connery. There must have been a lot of crime in the British army for there were enough prisoners in the camp to fill out a battalion.It has been commented that there were no profanity here. Not that I think it would have added anything, but having been around soldiers for some years, it was unrealistic. Orders were not given here but barked and shrieked to the face.Ossie Davis provided one the few lighter moments with his Tarzanic renditions, and Jack Weston's shoe heel must have been refrigerated to keep citrus slices. Perhaps I would have liked to have scene Sean Connery pitch into the final fight scene instead of observing it.l Highly enjoyable and most unusual to see a military film without battle scenes.
Jean-Pol Cardin
My opinion---With "12 angry men" and "The Hill" Sidney Lumet once again demonstrates the exceptional talent that he has and a filmography to make more than one. Here he has made his movie in a magisterial way, a movie punch showing the absurdity of wars, this movie is to be classified among the movies of anthology of world cinema. There is no need for cells or bars to intensify the pressure and psychological action that oppressed all these prisoners, with "The Hill" S. Lumet denounces this abuse of power and the so-called "therapy" to which the soldiers rebellious to the military hierarchy (whose organization is also denounced). This movie is effective and without concessions, it gives Sean Connery a role to the antipodes of its contemporary James Bond, and that it interpreted in a masterful way. A striking movie that will mark and mark all minds. It is as hallucinating as S.Lumet was able to demonstrate all the power of his movie with a handful of men a hill, sand and more or less two hundred extras, to arrive at a powerful movie, a little in the same reflection as The masterly movie "Johnny Got His Gun" by Dalton Trumbo who also denounced the absurdity of the wars and all his calamities. "The Hill" is a pure masterpiece, a movie that will never be forgotten: A Movie Cult. Thank you, Mr. Lumet.
donbrown-16800
This is one of the few films, of the time, in which Sean Connery doesn't get to mingle with a beach full of beautiful girls, nor does he get to save the world. But what he does is play a superb role in Sidney Lumets interpretation of Ray Rigby's screenplay. The cinematography produces some absolutely stunning black and white film it actually reminds me on 12 Angry Men. The film is about some soldiers at the end of World War 2, their hold up in military stockade. The film also includes some stand out performances from Roy Kinnear, Ossie Davis and Ian Hendry. The film has some really good quality dialogues. But whatever you say Connery takes the film for me with his performance. Just a really great movie and well worth a watch.
cosmonadz
Absolutely outstanding. Set during WW2 based in army prison camp in Libya it's the scene of a pure and almost perfect movie. From the acting the dialogue the filming editing characters and how the film glides along effortlessly it's a masterclass. Sean Connery is superb in this tale of ultimate male macho-ism and power struggling army stooges. There is a wonderful supporting cast who all hit the acting nail hard on the head. An ovation for Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Ian Hendry, Ossie Davis and many more who turn out performances not to be missed or forgotten. The movie deals with so much and does it in a way where you realise that such topics are still of interest today. I can't say too much with ruining it but the hill is truly a movie that has passed by without any accolade which it so rightly deserves. The brutal punishments dished out combined with the soaring heat and psychological pressures forced upon the soldiers and deserters adds to the tension of the whole movie. If you've missed this movie now is your chance for redemption. It's not often you'll get a chance to watch a classic the first time round without the hype ruining the movie. But here you won't be disappointed. Watch this movie now and be submersed in the heat and drama.
