TOnatomy of a (fake) fall between the wild nature of an American national park, A problematic and fascinating federal agent struggling with his demons: All this is UNTAMED. THEA miniseries in 6 episodes, From today available in streaming on Netflix, conquest from the first sequences Thanks to an original plot And A rhythm capable of nailing the viewer to the chair until the end. The merit is both of the excellent Mark L. Smith, an Oscar screenwriter for The Revenant both for The perfect Eric Bana in the role of life.
UNTAMEDthe plot of the 6 episodes miniseries from 17 July on Netflix
During a difficult climbing in the heart of the Yosemite National ParkCalifornia, two climbers find the body of a woman over 20 years along the rocky wall. The unknown, still hanging on the security rope, seems to be literally Fallen from the summit of Mount El Capitan. The ranger, Rening on the site of the discovery, they notice the absence of shoes, equipment and detect the bites of Coyote and Puma on the body. For these reasons, They immediately think of an accident happened to a unwary, perhaps a suicide of a person altered by drugs and alcohol.
During the autopsy, the doctor finds an X -shaped tattoo decorated with real gold. Who is this mysterious “Jane Doe?” One of the many park workers? The news of a woman blocked by wild animals goes around the web and the superintendent is worried about the reaction of tourists. In the immense natural oasis large as the Rhode Island disappear at least 100 people every year. This event could have significant economic repercussions.
Kyle Turner (Eric Bana) shy Federal agent of the Park investigative unit, Instead, think it was not a misfortune but a crime. Sergeant Paul Souter (Sam Neill) is also of the same notice. Although he is an esteemed professional, endowed with intuition and great experience, Turner’s private life is a disaster. A difficult divorce and a certain passion for Bourbon create continuous work problems. He is still in love with his wife Jill (Rosemarie Dewitt), which he calls in the middle of the night during his sad hangover even if he is now married to a placid dentist. Turner He doesn’t even agree with the head of the ranger Bruce Milch (William Smillie) and prefers to work alone.
Eric Bana protagonist of “Untamed” (Netflix)
Who is Jane Doe really?
Souter forces him to collaborate with the new agent Naya Vasquez (Lily Santiago) But the two have different methods to conduct the investigations. Kyle prefers to travel the paths of the park on horseback and not in the car, a more tiring but profitable way to look for clues. Despite the bears, birds of prey and the obstacles of nature, Lily and Kyle make progress: they discover drawings on some rocks and they find proof that, before the fall, someone would have shot the woman with a rifle. During their reconnaissance they meet varied characters who, in one way or another, live between woods and mountains without rules or laws, if not those chosen.
After finding a bracelet that belonged to the victim, Kyle remembers having already seen him. It was that given to the employees and young participants of the summer camping For disadvantaged children, organized from 2008 to 2011 in the Californian National Park. Among the over 400 people registered in those 4 years, There may also have been “Jane Doe”? When the mass media begin to combine this fatal accident to that of Stockton entrepreneur, Sean Sanderson, who passed away 5 years earlier in Yosemite, The tension between the rangers rises to the highest levels. The most affected is Kyle: the man seems to be overwhelmed by his ghosts. Why are Jill and Souter more and more worried about him?
UNTAMEDthe review of the Netflix miniseries
The contrast between the dizzying beauty of wild nature and the equally natural inclination of man to evil is the literal engine of this story full of surprises. The series chooses the genre so in vogue, that of the Mystery Crimeletting the viewer believe that he has the same possibility as the detective to find the solution of a murder. Certain, we are far from the hallucinated in the spider -canvas of Twin Peaksthat with UNTAMED It has only landscapes and forests in common.
What distinguishes it from other similar formulas It is the intelligent choice to disseminate clues to apparently voltage at times. A chess game in which nothing happens for a long time but suddenly everything has already happened. This slow unpredictability reaches its culmination in the construction of the characters. Men and women are in turn to be victims and executioners, subjects who act between instinct and pure reasoning.
Sam Neill and Eric Bana in “Untamed” (Netflix)
The cast: Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Lily Santiago
From his first class debut in Black Hawk Down And Troy to planetary success with Hulk, Australian actor Eric Bana is considered an excellent interpreter. Too bad that he has not yet managed to find a more incisive role. That of Kyle Turner could be really the right one: so intense and never over the top, he finally shows all his talent. Sam Neill, The most famous paleontologist in history in Jurassic Park and the impeccable and rigid husband of Holly Hunter in Plan lessons It is both an excellent shoulder and a perfect co -star.
His character, so reliable, is able to disappear the cards at the right time. The surprise of UNTAMED He is the young Lily Santiago. View in the catastrophic serial Breaslike Naya agent And capable of keeping up to the gruff turner And it is the only role that shows constant growth towards good.
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