The Hill - Alive With The Sound Of Torture

Some of you may feel a bit shortchanged at getting the last three original review uploads lumped together into a triple feature, like I’m cynically recycling content or something sneaky like that. Not that I'd blame you, but perish the thought. So, to compensate, have this from the same mid-60s period to balance things out and we’ll all just move on. Sidney Lumet’s The Hill is a key 1960s film. Reasons include, Sir Sean of Connery flexing his acting pecs outside of the Bond franchise, a scathing critique of the military justice system, incredible acting from a super-charged cast. And a formidable exploration of corrupt power dynamics and their role in the application of support for mankind’s addiction to visiting inhumanity upon its own kind under the bogus guise of necessary correction and righteous endeavour. Wow, that was a bit prosaic. Well, so is the review. Better get used to it. What, you were expecting a sweetener? Yeah, right!