Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (M)
Directed by: Robert Connolly
Starring: Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness
Review by: Julian Wright
Federal Agent Aaron Falk swaps the outback for the rainforest to solve another mystery that hits a little too close to home.
When a group of women on a corporate team bonding hike return minus one, a search is immediately dipatched.
Turns out the missing woman is the pushy Alice (Anna Torv), who has made enemies with everyone in her team at one point, and is also an informant for Agent Falk.
With a heavy sense of responsibility, a familiarity with the region and need to get the vital information he needs for a prosecution, Agent Falk joins the investigation, despite it being out of his jurisdiction.
Did Alice meet with foul play out in the wilderness? Everyone on her team certainly had a possible motive for her to never return.
Star power goes a long way in this consistently intriguing, but often low-key to the point of being a glorified television scale mini-series mystery.
Bana and Torv lead a knock-out cast of supporting performers; this is one of the best ensembles in an Australian film for quite some time.
Connolly is adept at building a solid mystery, but is unable to recapture the palpable tension of The Dry 1 a couple of years ago.
And yet, I would not say “no” to a third Falk mystery.
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