King Of The Hill - 2007

Incredibly Strange Film Festival
King Of The Hill - 2007
aka El Rey de la Montaña


One line review: The Spanish "Deliverance", back country cat and mouse thriller. Simple concept done well.


The plot starts out pretty simple. Spanish dude has a gas station bathroom encounter with a saucy señorita, only to find she has legged it with his
wallet. He catches sight of her down the road, follows her car up a single lane into the mountains, and stumbles his way into a back country "Most Dangerous Game" as shadowy figures with hunting rifles start hunting him down.

This reminded me a lot of 'Ils' aka 'Them' - 2006, the French horror movie, although this is much more a thriller than out right horror. You get plenty
of uncertainty, unknown killers with scope rifles and an eye full of beautiful Spanish landscape. Where this gets its entry to the 'Incredibly Strange'
part of the film festival is with a plot twist (didn't see it coming) and the commentary on modern media. The first person shooter video game POVs for the killers say a lot with more subtlety than all the attempted commentary in 'Diary of the Dead' which is also playing in the festival.

Enjoyed it.