Toronto. King of the Hill.

"A sly, deceptive gut punch of a picture
Gonzalo López-Gallego's
King of the Hill is a brilliant, vicious little piece of work," writes
Todd Brown at
Twitch. "It is a fierce piece of social commentary, the sort of picture that could never be made in North America but, by god, does it need to be." And an online listening tip:
Todd talks with Gonzalo López-Gallego (and warns: spoilers!).
"Fast paced with virtually no opportunity to take a breather,
King of the Hill is hardly all questions and no answers," assures
Eric Kohn at
indieWIRE. "When the explanation for the violence finally gets clarified, a disturbingly profound level of bleak social complexity enters the plot, cleverly formulated so that the movie works as a relevant text for both sides of the gun control debate."
Earlier:
Michael Guillén.
Posted by dwhudson at October 2, 2007 7:48 AM