It's been a while since i saw a movie that boiled my blood up from beginning to the end. And it's often, though not always, from Sidney Lumet. The Hill arguably one of the finest Lumet's work but remains overlooked.
The plot centers around cruelty, hierarchy, corruption and racism in British detention camp somewhere in North African Desert during the World War II. Underneath the scorched sun, bunch of prisoners are tortured by forced to climb a man-made hill with no clarity or purpose, just endless punitive cycle meant to jerk the ego out of the bureaucratic pleasure. The tension between the prisoners and the staff rise as the immorral act has become worsening, that eventually triggered mutiny in the cells that leads to violent, overwhelming but satisfying ending.
This is probably one of the best Sean Connery performance i have seen. Known mainly as James Bond, this role has become my favorite performance after From Russia With Love. He delivered an excellent acting being obsolete character as Joe Roberts, an ex sergeant sent to the camp after he struck his superior officer. His dangerous understanding toward the system is what makes him being eyed by the upper authorities in the camp. His suffering as he climbed the hill alongside with his cell mates with all the heat, sweat, and dusty clothes, revealed a level of versatility that makes it very compelling for me.
It also features one of the aspect that i love from Lumet's movie: the yelling and shouting. Something glorious about hearing those relentless, powerfully abrasive verbal brawls collide in confrontations between the characters. The Hill is one of the Sidney Lumet's underrated movie that perfectly captured raw, looming emotion through striking cinematography.
It's been a while since i saw a movie that boiled my blood up from beginning to the end. And it's often, though not always, from Sidney Lumet. The Hill arguably one of the finest Lumet's work but remains overlooked.
The plot centers around cruelty, hierarchy, corruption and racism in British detention camp somewhere in North African Desert during the World War II. Underneath the scorched sun, bunch of prisoners are tortured by forced to climb a man-made hill with no clarity or purpose, just endless punitive cycle meant to jerk the ego out of the bureaucratic pleasure. The tension between the prisoners and the staff rise as the immorral act has become worsening, that eventually triggered mutiny in the cells that leads to violent, overwhelming but satisfying ending.
This is probably one of the best Sean Connery performance i have seen. Known mainly as James Bond, this role has become my favorite performance after From Russia With Love. He delivered an excellent acting being obsolete character as Joe Roberts, an ex sergeant sent to the camp after he struck his superior officer. His dangerous understanding toward the system is what makes him being eyed by the upper authorities in the camp. His suffering as he climbed the hill alongside with his cell mates with all the heat, sweat, and dusty clothes, revealed a level of versatility that makes it very compelling for me.
It also features one of the aspect that i love from Lumet's movie: the yelling and shouting. Something glorious about hearing those relentless, powerfully abrasive verbal brawls collide in confrontations between the characters. The Hill is one of the Sidney Lumet's underrated movie that perfectly captured raw, looming emotion through striking cinematography.
